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BYU basketball: Coach's cancer is in remission

That is fantastic | 8:26 p.m. June 24, 2009

Great news for Coach Rose! Hopefully it will stay gone.

Anonymous | 9:00 p.m. June 24, 2009

THank you doctors for good news.

Doc Rivers | 9:25 p.m. June 24, 2009

good call on holding back the chemo and radiation for now. you can only dose so much radiation and if there were clear margins and no liver/lung mets then save the bad side effects of chemo and rads for later just in case the tumor comes back. no sense in creating tumor clones resistant to the chemo this early in the process. perhaps the tumor is more similar to a carcinoid (well differentiated) than a small cell carcinoma (poorly differentiated). could be an islet cell tumor type as well. not enough information for us to make the call as lay folks. the tumor board would have been interesting to listen to.

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Cougar Fan | 9:33 p.m. June 24, 2009

It's not just great news; it's much better news than the misleading headline would have us believe. There's a difference between "cancer in remission" and "no detectible cancer." If I read this and other news reports correctly, Coach Rose has no detectible cancer.

smfdaggie | 10:41 p.m. June 24, 2009

I was very happy to hear that Coach Rose's condition is better than first thought. Get better Coach.

Doctor | 11:05 p.m. June 24, 2009

Dr. Samuelson said at the press conference that word that is used to describe Rose's cancer condition is "remission."

SLC Cougar | 11:13 p.m. June 24, 2009

Great news! I'm very happy that things are progressing well for Coach Rose. Here's to continued health!

Idahoan | 12:07 a.m. June 25, 2009

Yes!! By the way is this Dr. Samuelson President Samuelson's son, or at least a relative?

Utah Man | 12:17 a.m. June 25, 2009

Congratulations Coach Rose! We hope to see you on the hill for many more years to come!

Remission is correct | 12:49 a.m. June 25, 2009

From BYU's web site, this is what the doctor said when asked if Rose was cancer free:
"The correct way of thinking would be remission or no evidence of disease. That would be the technical term."

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