Remission - The disappearance of cancer cells following treatment. Also the period during which this reduction or disappearance of symptoms occurs. Sarcoma - A malignant solid tumor most frequently found in muscle or bone. SCID - Severe Combined Immunodeficiency Disease. Congenital defect of the immune system leading to frequent life-threatening infection.
Marrow transplantation is the current treatment of choice.
Most patients have an early onset of SCID detected due to infection, usually by 3 months of age. Those cells capable of producing all the components of blood and marrow. Thalassemia - A group of chronic, inherited anemias. Particularly common in persons of Mediterranean, African and Southeast Asian ancestry. Tumor - Any abnormal mass resulting from the excessive multiplication of cells.