MsC1210 6 Posted January 17, 2009 Share Posted January 17, 2009 Here is a list of commonly used acronyms that are found throughout this site. I am SURE I missed a lot so I hope that as others come across more they will add them to this tread. Warmly Christine lc, lung cancer sclc, small cell lung cancer nsclc, non small cell lung cancer SOB, shortness of breath NED, no evidence of disease Dx or dx diagnosis Tx or tx treatment B-I-L, M-I-L, F-I-L, S-I-L, Brother, mother, father, or sister in-law SO significant other DH dear hubby ONC, oncologist PCP primary care physician METS, metastasis VATS, video assisted thoracoscopic surgery WBR, whole brain radiation SUV, "standardized uptake value," which is based on the amount of metabolic activity resulting from the pre-scan injection of irradiated sugar pixter, arethamorce, DrBee and 3 others 5 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
jayjay13 3 Posted August 21, 2014 Share Posted August 21, 2014 Thank you for posting this. being new here some things were really confusing. Merry Mayo and Vj3283 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
AZhikeryogirunner 13 Posted August 14, 2016 Share Posted August 14, 2016 LLL- lower left lobe KatieB 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
MissyLombardi 1 Posted September 8, 2018 Share Posted September 8, 2018 Very helpful to now know what some of the language I've seen before, but did understand ! Thank You. Tom Galli 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Tom Galli 4,148 Posted September 8, 2018 Share Posted September 8, 2018 Here are more: PaulaC, Tomm and GaryG 2 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
JenG 6 Posted May 15, 2019 Share Posted May 15, 2019 Great info!! Thank you KatieB 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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TJM 744 Posted January 22 Share Posted January 22 Rower is such a stud. A gender neutral stud of course Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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