Chap 15, Oncology, Abbreviations

Question 1

AFP

Answer 1

alpha-fetoprotein (tumor marker for liver and germ cells)

Question 2

ALL

Answer 2

acute lymphocytic leukemia (lymphoblastic)

Question 3

AML

Answer 3

acute myeloid leukemia

Question 4

ANLL

Answer 4

acute nonlymphoblastic leukemia

Question 5

APL, APML

Answer 5

acute promyelocytic leukemia

Question 6

BCE

Answer 6

basal cell epithelioma

Question 7

BM

Answer 7

bone marrow (or bowel movement)

Question 8

BMA

Answer 8

bone marrow aspiration

Question 9

BMT

Answer 9

bone marrow transplant

Question 10

BRM

Answer 10

biological response modifier

Question 11

BSE

Answer 11

breast self exam

Question 12

bx

Answer 12

biopsy

Question 13

CA

Answer 13

cancer, carcinoma

Question 14

CA-125

Answer 14

ovarian carcinoma antigen (tumor marker for ovary)

Question 15

CEA

Answer 15

carcinoembryonic antigen (tumor marker for colon, lung, breast, others)

Question 16

cGy

Answer 16

centigray

Question 17

CLL

Answer 17

chronic lymphocytic leukemia

Question 18

CML

Answer 18

chronic myelocytic leukemia

Question 19

DES

Answer 19

diethylstilbestrol

Question 20

FAB

Answer 20

French-American-British (classification system for leukemia)

Question 21

Gy

Answer 21

gray

Question 22

HD

Answer 22

Hodgkin disease (also referred to as Hodgkin lymphoma)

Question 23

MAB

Answer 23

monoclonal antibody

Question 24

PSA

Answer 24

prostate specific antigen (tumor marker for prostate)

Question 25

RT

Answer 25

radiation therapy

Question 26

TNM

Answer 26

tumor, nodes, metastasis (refers to tumor staging)

Question 27

ASR

Answer 27

Analyte Specific Reagents

Question 28

FIT

Answer 28

Fecal Immunochemical Test

Question 29

Pap smear

Answer 29

Papanicolaou smear (from cervix or vagina)

Question 30

HPV vaccine

Answer 30

Human Papilloma Virus

Question 31

ASCUS

Answer 31

Pap smear interpreted by pathologist as atypical squamous cells of undetermined significance