NED

oska
oska Member Posts: 36
edited March 2014 in Ovarian Cancer #1
What is NED

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  • Hissy_Fitz
    Hissy_Fitz Member Posts: 1,834
    It's a term the cancer
    It's a term the cancer community borrowed from medicine. When a radiologist reads someone's films and writes his/her report, he/she will traditionally write "NED" if there is "no evidence of disease". We call remission "dancing with NED", meaning that we have had scans/tests to check for the presence or absence of tumors and none were found.
  • oska
    oska Member Posts: 36

    It's a term the cancer
    It's a term the cancer community borrowed from medicine. When a radiologist reads someone's films and writes his/her report, he/she will traditionally write "NED" if there is "no evidence of disease". We call remission "dancing with NED", meaning that we have had scans/tests to check for the presence or absence of tumors and none were found.

    NED
    Thankyou, I go for a scan and labs next thursday Of course I am nervous you ladies are just great. My cancer was stage 2 grade 3.
  • Hissy_Fitz
    Hissy_Fitz Member Posts: 1,834
    oska said:

    NED
    Thankyou, I go for a scan and labs next thursday Of course I am nervous you ladies are just great. My cancer was stage 2 grade 3.

    Wishing you a long, long
    Wishing you a long, long dance with NED!!!

    Carlene