When a patient who has been previously diagnosed with cancer no longer has symptoms or other evidence of that cancer,the patient is said to

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Remission is a term used to indicate that a patient who had cancer in the past and was treated for it no longer shows any signs or symptoms of the disease. This does not necessarily mean that the cancer has been cured, but rather it is in a state of remission. Metastasis refers to the spread of cancer from its original site to other parts of the body. An immune state does not refer to a specific medical condition, and a benign tumor is non-cancerous and does not spread to other parts of the body.

When a Patient Who Has Been Previously Diagnosed with Cancer