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A cure is the end of a medical condition; the substance or procedure that ends the medical condition, such as amedication , a surgical operation , a change in lifestyle, or even a philosophical mindset that helps end a person's sufferings. It may also refer to the state of being healed, or cured. A remission is a temporary end to the medical signs and symptoms of an incurable disease. A disease is said to beincurable if there is always a chance of the patient relapsing , no matter how long the patient has been in remission. The proportion of people with a disease that are cured by a given treatment, called the cure fraction or cure rate, is determined by comparing disease-free survival of treated people against a matched control group that never had the disease. [1] Another way of determining the cure fraction and/or "cure time" is by measuring when the hazard rate in a diseased group of individuals returns to the hazard rate measured in the general population. [2] [3] Inherent in the idea of a cure is the permanent end to the specific instance of the disease. [4] [5] When a person has thecommon cold , and then recovers from it, the person is said to be cured, even though the person might someday catch another cold. Conversely, a person that has successfully managed a disease, such as diabetes mellitus , so that it produces no undesirable symptoms for the moment, but without actually permanently ending it, is not cured. Related concepts, whose meaning can differ, include response, remission and recovery.
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Acureis the end of a medical condition; the substance or procedure that ends the medical condition, such as amedication, asurgical operation, a change in lifestyle, or even a philosophical mindset that helps end a person's sufferings. It may also refer to the state of being healed, or cured.
Aremissionis a temporary end to themedical signsandsymptomsof an incurable disease. A disease is said to beincurableif there is always a chance of the patientrelapsing, no matter how long the patient has been in remission.
The proportion of people with a disease that are cured by a given treatment, called thecure fractionorcure rate, is determined by comparing disease-free survival of treated people against a matched control group that never had the disease.[1]Another way of determining the cure fraction and/or "cure time" is by measuring when the hazard rate in a diseased group of individuals returns to the hazard rate measured in the general population.[2]
HYPERLINK "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cure" \l "cite_note-smoll_2012-3" [3]Inherent in the idea of a cure is the permanent end to the specific instance of the disease.[4]
HYPERLINK "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cure" \l "cite_note-5" [5]When a person has thecommon cold, and then recovers from it, the person is said to becured, even though the person might someday catch another cold. Conversely, a person that has successfully managed a disease, such asdiabetes mellitus, so that it produces no undesirable symptoms for the moment, but without actually permanently ending it, is not cured.
Related concepts, whose meaning can differ, includeresponse,remissionandrecovery.
