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1.0  Overview

These lists are to help you understand the Hodgkin's related abbreviations and acronyms. Because they can be so cryptic, I suggest you use them sparingly in your own communications.

1.1  General Abbreviations & Acronyms

Item	Description
ACS	American Cancer Society   (800) 227-2345   http://www.cancer.org
ANC	Absolute Neutrophil Count
ASAP	as soon as possible
ASCO	American Society of Clinical Oncology
BTW	by the way
cGy	centi-Gray, unit of radiation
CR	Complete Remission or Complete Response
CYA	cover your ass (letter)
DNA	Deoxyribonucleic acid
dx	diagnosed
EBV	Epstein Barr Virus
ESR	Erythrocyte Sedimentation Rate
FDA	Food and Drug Administration
FISH	Fluorescence in situ Hybridization
FMLA	Family Medical Leave Act
FYI	for your information
<g>	grin
GVHD	Graft vs Host Disease
Gy	Gray, unit of radiation
HD	Hodgkin's Disease
Hem	Hematologist
hx	history
IBMTR	International Bone Marrow Transplantation Registry
IFN	Interferon
Ig	Immunoglobulin
IMO	in my opinion
IP	Infusion Pump
IVP	IV Push
JCO	Journal of Clinical Oncology   http://www.jcojournal.org/
LD	lymphocyte depletion
LOL	laughing out loud or lots of laughs
LP	lymphocyte predominance
LTS	long term survivor
LyP	Lymphomatoid Papulosis
MC	mixed cellularity
MC	mixed cellularity
mg	Milli Gram
MUD	Matched Unrelated Donor
&nbsp;	non breakable space (HTML code, should not be found in mail)
NCI	National Cancer Institute   1 (800) 4-cancer
NEJM	New England Journal of Medicine
NHL	non hodgkin's lymphoma
NMDP	National Marrow Donor Program   1 (800) 526-7809
NS	nodular sclerosis
Onc	Oncologist
OPSI	overwhelming post-splenectomy infection
PBL	Peripheral Blood Lymphocytes
PBSCR	Peripheral Blood Stem Cell Rescue
PCR	Polymerase Chain Reaction
PDQ	Physician's Data Query
PFT	pulmonary function test
PFS	Progression-Free Survival
p.o.	Per os (by mouth)
PR	Partial Remission
rad	radiation
RBC	Red Blood Cell, or Red Blood Count
RFM	read the f*cking manual
RNA	RiboNucleic Acid
ROFLOL	rolling on the floor laughing out loud
RS	Reed - Sternberg (cells)
RTFM	read the f*cking manual
S.O.	Significant Other
SVT	Super Ventricular Tachycardia
tx	treatment
URL	Universal Resource Locator (used on the World Wide Web)
VUI	very useful information
WBC	White Blood Count or White Blood Cells
wks	weeks
WWW	World Wide Web

1.2  Chemotherapy Drug Abbreviations & Acronyms

Item	Drugs
ABVD	Adriamycin (= Doxorubicin = Hydroxyl Daunorubcin) Bleomycin (= Blenoxane = Bleomycin Sulfate) Vinblastine Dacarbazine (= DTIC)
AraC	Arabinosylcytosine (= 1-ß-D-Arabinofuranosylcytosine = Cytarabine = Cytosine Arabinoside)
BCNU	Carmustine (= Bischloroethyl nitrosourea)
BEAC	BCNU (= Carmustine) Etoposide AraC (= Cytarabine arabinoside = Cytosine) Cyclophosphamide
ChlVPP	Chlorambucil Vinblastine Procarbazine Prednisone (UK: Prednisolone)
COPP	Cyclophosphamide Oncovin (= Vincristine) Procarbazine (= Matulane) Prednisone
CVPP	Cyclophosphamide Vinblastine Procarbazine Prednisone
Dexa-BEAM	Dexamethasone BCNU Etoposide Ara-C Melphalan
DTIC	dimethyl-triazeno-imidazole-carboxamide
EPOCH	Etoposide Prednisone Oncovin (= Vincristine) Cyclophosphamide Hydroxydaunorubicin
ESHAP	Etoposide [240 mg/m2] Solu-Medrol [500 mg/d] (= Methylprednisone) High-dose Ara-C [2 g/m2] (= Cytarabine) Platinum [100 mg/m2] (= Cisplatin) (ESHAP is a salvage chemo regimen)
G-CSF	Granulocyte Colony-Stimulating Factor (Amgen)
GM-CSF	Granulocyte-Macrophage Colony Stimulating Factor
Gemzar	Gemcitabine HCl (Eli Lilly NDA 20-509)
IFX	Ifosfamide
Mesna	Mercaptoethane sulfonate
MGDF	Megakaryocyte Growth and Development Factor (platelet growth factor in clinical trial)
MINE	Mesna [4 g/m2] Ifosfamide [4 g/m2] Novantrone [8 mg/m2] (= Mitoxantrone) Etoposide [195 mg/m2] (often used as MINE-ESHAP)
Mini-BEAM	BCNU (= Carmustine) Etoposide (= VP-16) AraC (= Cytarabine) Melphalan (= Alkeran)
MOPP	Mustine (= Nitrogen Mustard = Mustargen = Mechlorethamine) Oncovin (= Vincristine) Procarbazine (= Matulane) Prednisone
MPV	Mechlorethamine Prednisone Vincristine
PABLOE	Prednisone Adriamycin (= Doxorubicin = Hydroxyl Daunorubcin) Bleomycin Oncovin (= Vincristine) Etoposide
VBM	Vinblastine Bleomycin Methotrexate (under clinical trial at Stanford)
VEEP	VEPE = Vincristine Epirubicin Etoposide Prednisone
VEPE	Vincristine Epirubicin Prednisone Etoposide
VNR	Vinorelbine
VP-16	Etoposide (= Epipodophyllotoxin)

1.3  Test & Treatment Abbreviations & Acronyms

Item	Description
ABMT	Autologous Bone Marrow Transplant
BMB	bone marrow biopsy
BMT	bone marrow transplant
CHEMO	Chemotherapy
CT	Computed Tomography (scan)
FDG	2-deoxy-2-(18F)fluoro-deoxyglucose
HDC	High Dose Chemotherapy
MRI	Magnetic Resonance Imaging
MUD	matched unrelated donor (transplant)
PET	Positron Emission Tomography
PFT	Pulmonary Function Test
SBMT	Syngeneic Bone Marrow Transplant (identical twin's marrow)
SCT	stem cell transplant
SPECT	Single-Photon Emission Computed Tomography
SRS	Somatostatin Resceptor Scintigraphy ("Octreoscan")

1.4  Glossaries

Useful glossaries can be found at Cancernet or Tony Juliana's myeloma glossary.