go into remission

idiom

of an illness
: to be in a stage during which symptoms are much less severe
Her cancer has gone into remission.

Examples of go into remission in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web Clinical depression may go into remission with psychotherapy or the use of medication. John Williamson, Fortune Well, 2 Mar. 2023 In a clinical study of 245 volunteers, the drug, called RVT-3101, helped 32% of trial participants with ulcerative colitis go into remission, compared to 12% in the placebo group. Allison Deangelis, STAT, 4 Jan. 2023 Like other chronic conditions, IBD can go into remission with effective treatment, but people might still experience occasional flares that make life more difficult. Elizabeth Millard, Time, 28 Dec. 2022 Stress is the biggest trigger for lupus, which can go into remission when managed, but can always flare again. Outside Online, 21 Nov. 2022 The two drugs enabled him to go into remission before the stem cell transplant could take place. Eric Sondheimer Columnist, Los Angeles Times, 24 Nov. 2021 Some wars end in mutual exhaustion; others simply go into remission or slip out of our attention range. Megan K. Stack, The New Yorker, 4 Aug. 2021 Since its approval by the FDA in 2013, some some 770,000 people have had their cancer go into remission after receiving Kadcyla and two other drugs Guardino worked on, Herceptin and Perjeta. Sam Whiting, San Francisco Chronicle, 21 May 2021 Her doctors in Mexico told Ricedorff that pregnancy, because of hormones and extra blood flow, could improve her health, causing Lyme disease to go into remission. Jeff Metcalfe, The Arizona Republic, 9 May 2021

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“Go into remission.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/go%20into%20remission. Accessed 27 Apr. 2024.

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