Abbreviations for newbies - updated
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Googled NAC: A skin-sparing mastectomy will be performed with preservation of the nipple-areolar complex (NAC).
added that and SOB for short of breath.
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Why didn't I think of turning to Google??.....well done, patoo!!! Thanks again - I refer to this list OFTEN - it's soooo helpful!
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Hello, bump!
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Enjoy your weekend everyone!
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Hoping there are no newbies who are needing this meaning no new dx's, but bumping up anyhow.
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Hope all is going relatively well for all. Have a wonderful, safe, weekend.
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bump, to bad we need to this for Newbies. In a perfect world nobody would get BC.
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bump up
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bumping again.
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Patoo,
Thank you so much for this list; I was having trouble trying to figure out what those acronyms were! This will be very helpful!!
Good wishes to you,
Barb
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This is such an excellent list -- I'm going to suggest to the mods that it get "pinned" to the top of the forum so it is front and center.
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bumping.
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CMF???
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CM - on what thread did you see it?
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What does PTC translate into? I see it here a lot, thanks.
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Foxy - which thread do you see it? Here's something on Google but not sure if it applies to what you have read:
"PTC299 is currently being developed for the treatment of cancer. It has completed Phase 1a trials in healthy volunteers, and is now being studied in a Phase 1b study in patients with solid tumors and a Phase 1b/2 study in women with metastatic breast cancer..."
It mentioned something about clinical trials but I believe this may be at least a year old.
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Great list! Definitely should be pinned on top!
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I have one to add.......it took me forever to figure out KWIM......."know what I mean". I see it a lot on these boards and couldn't figure that one out lol.
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Done JillyG, thanks.
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IMF, infra-mammary fold, the crease/fold under the breast
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Thanks fortunate1.
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