Tag: pCR

  • MRI

    Patient lying on an MRI machine bed with brain scan results on a monitor.

    The second MRI was completed this afternoon—the one that will tell us whether the chemotherapy worked. What am I hoping for? A pathological complete response, or pCR: the absence of all invasive cancer cells in my tissue samples after neoadjuvant treatment. Achieving pCR indicates a strong response and is a key marker of improved long‑term survival.

    Now we wait. We’ll know soon enough.