Remission

A state in which some or all of the symptoms and signs of a disease have improved, or have seemingly disappeared and normal function has returned. It is also written as remission. A state in which a disease has been completely cured is called a cure (complete recovery), but remission is often used to express the effectiveness of treatment for diseases such as cancer, where the possibility of recurrence of the lesion cannot be denied. A state in which some of the symptoms and signs have improved or disappeared is called partial remission, and a state in which all symptoms and signs specific to the disease have improved or disappeared through treatment, no abnormalities are found in test findings, and normal function has returned is called complete remission.

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病気の症状や徴候の一部またはすべてが軽快した状態、あるいは見かけ上、消滅して正常な機能にもどった状態。緩解とも表記する。病気が完全に治った状態を治癒（完治）というが、寛解は癌(がん)など病変の再発の可能性を否定できない疾患の治療の有効度について表現する際に用いられることが多い。症状や徴候の一部が軽快あるいは消滅した状態を部分寛解といい、治療によってその疾患に特有な症状や徴候のすべてにわたって軽快あるいは消滅が確認され、検査所見にも異常が認められず、正常な機能に復帰した状態を完全寛解という。

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