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Abbreviations
Advanced Medical Terminology Chapter 19 ROOM221
Term | Definition |
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AFP | Alpha- fetoprotein |
ATRA | all-transretinoic acid |
BMT | bone marrow transplantation |
bcr | breakpoint cluster region |
bx | biopsy |
CA | cancer |
CEA | carcinoembryonic antigen |
cGy | centigray (one hundredth of a gray) or rad |
chemo | chemotherapy |
CR | complete response-disappearance of all tumor |
CSF | colony-stimulating factor |
DES | diethylstilbestrol |
DNA | deoxyribonucleic acid |
EGFR | epidermal growth factor receptor |
ER | estrogen receptor |
EPO | erythropoietin |
FNA | fine needle aspiration |
5-FU | 5-fluorouracil |
Ga | gallium |
GIST | gastrointestinal stromal tumor |
Gy | gray |
H&E | hematoxylin and eosin |
HER2-neu | growth factor gene highly activated on certain types of breast cancer |
HNPCC | hereditary non-polyposis |
IGRT | intensity-modulated gated radiation therapy |
IHC | immunohistochemistry |
IMRT | intensity-modulated radiation therapy |
Mets | metastases |
MoAb | monoclonal antibody |
NED | no evidence of disease |
NF | neurofibromatosis |
NHL | non-Hodgkin lymphoma |
NSCLC | non-small cell lung cell lung cancer |
pap smear | Papanicolaou smear |
PD | progressive disease-tumor increases in size |
PR | partial response-tumor one half its original size |
prot | protocol |
PSA | Prostate-Specific antigen |
PSCT | peripheral stem cell transplantation |
PSRS | proton stereotactic radiosurgery |
RNA | ribonucleic acid |
RT | radiation therapy |
SD | stable disease- tumor does not shrink or grow |
TNM | tumor, nodes, metastases |
VEGF | vascular endothelial growth factor |
XRT, RT | radiation therapy |