Oh, so doctors explained it to me like this: neoadjuvant is the medicine they give you *before* surgery, to shrink the tumour. Adjuvant is what comes *after*, to mop up any stragglers. A 'pathological complete response'—the PCR—means when they cut you open, they find no live cancer cells left at all. It's the golden ticket everyone prays for in this trial. But I'll tell you, my scan showed nothing, my biopsy said PCR... and still, this fear sits in my gut like a stone, because my neighbour's son in Kochi got the same report and the thing came back within a year. So what does 'complete' really mean, chetta? Only the next monsoon will tell.
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