When a patient who was treated for a solid tumor (such as breast cancer) is said to be cured, it means that long-term remission of the disease was achieved, including all of the following goals:
• The tumor either was removed or has disappeared from the body
• All of the cancer cells have been eliminated from the body
• No signs of the tumor or the cancer cells have been detected for a significant period of time, which differs for the particular type of solid tumor
When a patient who was treated for a hematological malignancy (i.e., a cancer of cells of the blood) is said to be cured, it means that long-term remission of the disease was achieved, including all of the following goals:
• All of the cancer cells have been eliminated from the body
• No signs of the cancer cells have been detected for a significant period of time, which differs for the particular type of hematological malignancy
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