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.
The differential totals the number of each type and determines if the cells are present in normal proportion to one another, if one cell type is increased or decreased, or if immature cells are present. 1  This information is useful in helping to diagnose the specific cause of an illness, such as: