in our opinion, the disadvantages of the masseter muscle flap, which restricted its wider use, are represented by the Fig. 3. inferior-posterior maxillectomy with masseter crossover flap reconstruction, complete re-epithelisation and tight sepa-ration between the oral cavity and maxillary sinus was obtained.
Learner's definition of REMISSION. 1. : a period of time during a serious illness when the patient's health improves. [noncount] Her cancer has gone into remission. = Her cancer is in remission. [=the symptoms of her cancer have become much less severe] The patient is in remission.
So the cancer could come back in the future, although there is no sign of it at the time. The tumor-free time period, and is dated from the first, not the last, therapy session. Patients with tumors that recur within one month of treatment ending are considered to have had no remission. Disappearance of all disease is complete remission; reduction tumor size by more than 50 percent is considered partial remission.