relapsing

He started the injections after his diabetes showed signs of relapsing in recent years.

He had been clean for five months, before relapsing.

Blood cancers like leukaemia are notoriously difficult to treat in adults, with 50% of Australian patients relapsing after the first round of chemotherapy and subsequently becoming resistant to further treatments.

But just a few months later, a terrifying truth was clear to her parents — she was relapsing.

Mr O'Brien-Smith was diagnosed with acute myeloid leukaemia when he was 18 months old, before relapsing after 10 months in remission.