A asymptomatic
AFAIK - As Far As I
Know
AFK - Away From
Keyboard
ALL acute
lymphocytic leukemia
ALLO - Allogeneic (A
type of transplant where someone donates the stem cells or bone
marrow)
ASAP - As Soon As
Possible
AUTO - Autologous (A
type of transplant where the patient’s own stem cells or bone marrow
is used)
B havingsymptoms of
disease
b.s. - some of the
language used to deter us from research
B/P Blood Pressure
BEAM busulfan,
etoposid, ara-c, melphalan
BMA bone marrow
aspiration
BMB - Bone Marrow
Biopsy
BMT bone marrow
transplant
BMT Bone Marrow
Transplant (autologous BMT-your own marrow; allogeneic BMT-someone
else's marrow
BRB - Be Right Back
BTW - By The Way
bx - biopsy
Bx Biopsy
CBC Complete Blood
Count
chemo - chemotherapy
CHEMO - Chemotherapy
Chemotherapies and
Monoclonal Antibody Treatments
CHOP
cyclophosphamide, adriamycin, vincristine, prednisone
CIS cancer
information service (of NCI) 1-800-4-CANCER
CLL - Chronic
Lymphocytic Leukaemia (see also SLL which is the same disease)
CML chronic myeloid
leukemia
CNS - Central
Nervous System
COP
cyclophosphamide, vincristine, prednisone
CR complete
remission (or response)
CS Clinical Stage
CSF -
Cerebral-Spinal Fluid
CT Cat Scan
(computerized tomography)
DLCBL diffuse large
B cell lymphoma
dx - diagnosis
EPOCH etopside,
prednisone, vincristine, cyclophosphamide (cytoxan), adriamycin
FAQ - Frequently
Asked Questions
FDA Food and Drug
Administration (USA)
FIL - Father-in-law
(MIL mother-in-law)
FL follicular
lymphoma
fNHL follicular
non-Hodgkins lymphoma
FUBAR - Fed Up
Beyond All Recognition
FWIW - For or What
It's Worth
FYI - For Your
Information
G-CSF - Granulocyte
colony stimulating factor (stimulates white blood production)
GM-CSF - Granulocyte
Macrophage colony stimulating factor
GP General
Practitioner: Doctor within NHS (UK)
GVHD - Graft Versus
Host Disease
h.t.s. - hard to
say, ie "you don't want to go there"!!!!
HCT Hematocrit The
percentage of red blood cells in the blood. A low hematocrit
measurement indicates anemia.
hd - heavy duty or
Hodgkin's disease
HD Hodgkins lymphoma
(4 subtypes)
HDC high dose
chemotherapy--often used to condition one before a BMT
Hem/Onc
hematologist/oncologist
HEMONC -
Haematologist/Oncologist
HGB hemoglobin
HLA Human leukocyte
antigen test A special blood test used to match a blood or bone
marrow donor to a recipient for transfusion or transplant.
ICE ifosfamide,
carboplatin, etoposide
IFRT - involved field radiation
Ig Immunoglobulin (IgA,
IgD, IgE, IgG, IgM)
IMHO - In My Humble
Opinion
IMO - In My Opinion
IV intravenous,
placed directly into a vein
IYKWIM - If You Know
What I Mean
LLS Leukemia and
Lymphoma Society
LOL - Laughing Out
Loud
LRF Leukaemia
Research Fund (UK)
LSA Leukemia Society
of America (USA)
Mab or MoAb
monoclonal antibodies (i.e. Campath-1H, Rituxan, Bexxar)
MALT -
Mucosa-Associated Lymphoid Tissue (a type of lymphoma)
MCL mantle cell
lymphoma
MD Medical Doctor
(USA)
MDA - MD Anderson
cancer centre in Texas
MOAB - Monoclonal
Antibody (Drugs like Rituxan, Zevalin, Bexxar, Lymphocide etc)
MOPP nitrogen
mustard, vincristine, procarbazine, prednisone
MSK - Memorial Sloan
Kettering cancer centre in New York.
MUD - Matched
Unrelated Donor (a type of allogeneic transplant with a donor not
related to patient)
MUD a transplant
using a matched unrelated donor
NCI National Cancer
Institute (USA)
NED No Evidence of
Disease
NHL non-Hodgkins
lymphoma (many subtypes)
NHS National Health
Service (UK)
NIH National
Institutes of Health (USA)
NTA - Non-Technical
Acronym
ONC - Oncologist
OR overall remission
(or response)
ORR overall response
rate
OTOH - On The Other
Hand
PBSCT - Peripheral
Blood Stem Cell Transplant (see also SCT)
PET PET scan
(positron emission tomography)
PICC - Peripherally
inserted central catheter
PMJI - Pardon My
Jumping In
PR - Partial
Remission
PR partial remission
(or response)
R Rituxan
RBC red blood count
RIT radioimmunotherapy (bexxar/zevalin)
ROTFL - Rolling On
The Floor Laughing
ROTFL - Rolling On
The Floor Laughing
RTFM - Read The
Manual
RX - Prescription
RX prescribed
medication
SCT - Stem Cell
Transplant (same thing as PBSCT)
SCT stem cell
transplant
SLL - Small
lymphocytic lymphoma (see also CLL which is the same disease)
SO - Significant
Other
SOHF - Sense Of
Humour Failure
SPAM - Stupid
Persons' AdvertiseMent
SUV - Standardize Uptake Value (a measure of metabolic activity
by a PET scan)
Stage I NHL is
present in one group of lymph nodes or in one body organ.
Stage II NHL is
present (on one side of the diaphragm) in two or more groups of
lymph nodes, or an organ and 1 or more group of lymph nodes.
Stage III NHL is
present in lymph nodes on both sides of the diaphragm.
Stage IV NHL is
present in many groups of lymph nnodes and has spread to body organs
such as the liver, bones or lungs.
SX - symptoms
TBI total body
irradiation
TIA - Thanks In
Advance
TPTB - The Powers
That Be
TTFN - Ta Ta For Now
tx - prescription
medication or treatments
TX - Treatment
TX treatment
WB - Welcome Back
WBC - White Blood
Count
WBC white blood
count
WRT - With Respect
To
W&W watch and wait
(also called watch and worry ( 
)
WYSIWYG - What You
See Is What You Get
XRT external
radiation therapy
YMMV - Your Mileage
May Vary
YWIA - You're
welcome in advance
