Cancer is a nasty word that all of us would never want to get one day. Neither would we want to wish it on anyone.
It is a very depressing and sobering thought to either have cancer or know of a close friend/family member who has cancer.
We rejoice with them, though, when the medical tests show that their cancer is in remission.
They have defeated cancer, we may think. After all the chemo/radio/whatever therapies that the doctors have recommended, and the undesirable side effects that come with it, it feels like a victory of sorts.
But what does a cancer “in remission” actually mean?