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Regression
Pronunciation
Definition 1
A decrease in the size of a tumor or in the extent of cancer in the body. (NCI Dictionary)
Definition 2
Return to a former state; a subsidence of the symptoms of a disease process; in cancer, a decrease in the size of a tumor or in the extent of cancer in the body. (NCI Thesaurus)
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