And what had happened to Demora, then, was some sort of residual disease left floating in the air?

The presence of residual disease may be predictive of relapse but does not seem to affect survival.

In some circumstances it may be difficult to distinguish residual disease from normal tissue.

Chemotherapy is used after surgery to treat any residual disease, if appropriate.

This antibody is used for treating minimal residual disease or consolidation instead of stem cell transplant.

Reports have surgically documented the efficacy of chemotherapy on some patients with microscopic or gross residual disease.

It is now known that minimal residual disease can regrow once treatment was stopped.

A localized tumor with gross residual disease after incomplete removal or biopsy only.

Outcome is good despite residual disease after surgery.

He said his team considered the cancerous node to be "residual disease" limited to one area and not a recurrence.