Hodgkin disease has gone from a 50 percentsurvival rate to 90 percent. The survival rate for atype of brain cancer called medulloblastoma hasimproved from 10 percent to 85 percent.st. Jude strives to help children and their familiesbetter understand and cope with their disease, treat-ment and its side effects.
Wiktionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition: 1  differential diagnosis(Noun) The process of determining which disease, from a set of possible candidates, is causing a patient's symptoms. 2  differential diagnosis(Noun) A list of the common causes of a primary symptom.
Word forms: plural diagnoses. variable noun. Diagnosis is the discovery and naming of what is wrong with someone who is ill or with something that is not working properly. I need to have a second test to confirm the diagnosis. Symptoms may not appear for some weeks, so diagnosis can be difficult.