Chapter 19 Abbreviations

Question 1

AFP

Answer 1

alpha-fetoprotein

Question 2

bcr

Answer 2

breakpoint-cluster regoin

Question 3

BMT

Answer 3

bone marrow transplantation

Question 4

bx

Answer 4

biopsy

Question 5

CA

Answer 5

cancer

Question 6

CAR T-cell

Answer 6

chimeric antigen receptor T cell

Question 7

CEA

Answer 7

carcinoembryonic antigen

Question 8

cGy

Answer 8

centigray (one hundredth of a gray) or rad

Question 9

chemo

Answer 9

chemotherapy

Question 10

CR

Answer 10

complete response
disappearance of all tumor

Question 11

CSF

Answer 11

colony-stimulating factor

Question 12

DNA

Answer 12

deoxyribonucleic acid

Question 13

EGFR

Answer 13

epidermal growth factor receptor

Question 14

ER

Answer 14

estrogen receptor

Question 15

EPO

Answer 15

eryhthropoietin
promotes growth of red blood cells

Question 16

FNA

Answer 16

fine needle aspiration

Question 17

5-FU

Answer 17

5-fluorouracil

Question 18

Ga

Answer 18

gallium

Question 19

GIST

Answer 19

gastrointestinal stromal tumor

Question 20

Gy

Answer 20

gray; unit of absorbed radiation dose

Question 21

H&E

Answer 21

hematoxylin and eosin; a dye combination used to stain pathology specimens

Question 22

HER2

Answer 22

growth factor gene highly activated in cells of certain types of breast cancer

Question 23

IGRT

Answer 23

intensity-modulated gated radiation therapy; use of imaging mechanism attached to linear accelerator is added to IMRT to gate (track) a tumor moving during respiration

Question 24

IHC

Answer 24

immunohistochemistry

Question 25

IMRT

Answer 25

intensity-modulated radiation therapy; high doses of radiation are delivered directly to cancer cells in a targeted way, more precisely than in conventional radiotherapy

Question 26

IO

Answer 26

immuno-oncology

Question 27

IORT

Answer 27

intraoperative radiation therapy

Question 28

Mets

Answer 28

metastases

Question 29

mAb (MAB)

Answer 29

monoclonal antibody; mab indicates that a drug is a monoclonal antibody

Question 30

NED

Answer 30

no evidence of disease

Question 31

NF

Answer 31

neurofibromatosis

Question 32

NHL

Answer 32

non-Hodgkin lymphoma

Question 33

NSCLC

Answer 33

non-small cell lung cancer

Question 34

Pap smear

Answer 34

Papnicolaou smear

Question 35

PD

Answer 35

progressive disease; tumor increases in size

Question 36

PR

Answer 36

partial response; tumor is one-half its original size

Question 37

prot.

Answer 37

protocol

Question 38

PSA

Answer 38

prostate-specific antigen

Question 39

PSCT

Answer 39

peripheral stem cell transplantation

Question 40

PSRS

Answer 40

proton stereotactic radiosurgery

Question 41

RNA

Answer 41

ribonucleic acid

Question 42

RT

Answer 42

radiation therapy

Question 43

SD

Answer 43

stable disease; tumor does not shrink but does not grow

Question 44

TNM

Answer 44

tumor-node-metastasis