abbreviations --MEANING

janinvan

Could someone list some common brest cancer abbreviations and their meanings?

Once in a while I really have no idea what the letters stand for !! (Like QOC ?)

Janice

Poppy

Hi Janice, this is posted on the "Waiting for Test Results" forum. You can probably ask there if there are others you are wondering about

I think QOC is Quality of Care

There are also chemo combinations that are missing from this list. A/C-T for example, would be adriamycin & cytoxin then taxol. That's the one I had so it's the only one I'm sure about!

Abbreviations below are for informational purposes only.  Your medical team is the final authority on any and all information contained in your personal medical records.

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AI - aromatase inhibitors

AND - axillary node dissection
B9 (Not Cancer)
BC- Breast Cancer
Bi-Lat (bilateral, Mastectomy of both breast)
BM-Bilateral Mastectomy
BS - breast specialist/surgeon

BTW - by the way...

Bump - written to edit a thread up in the listings so someone can find it.

 BWT - But what the.......!

CT scan - computerized tornography, used to image the structures of the budy, especially head, neck or trunk.

DCIS (Ductal Carcinoma In Situ)
DD ~  Dose dense , Dear Daughter
DH ~ Dear Husband

DIL - Daughter-in-law
DP ~ Dear partner
DS ~ Dear Son
Dx (Diagnosis)
DW~ Dear Wife
ER (Estrogen Receptive) estrogen receptor positive+ or negative-
FIL ~ Father in law

FNA - fine needle aspiration.

HER2 + or -, whether your tumor overexpresses the HER2 protein or not
HT (Anti-hormone Therapy)
HRT (Hormone Replacement Therapy)
Hx - history
IBC (Inflamatory Breast Cancer)
IDC (Invasive Ductal Carcinoma)
ILC (Invasive Lobular Carcinoma)

IM(H)O - in my (humble) opinion (with or without the ‘humble')

LCIS (Lobular Carcinoma In Situ)
LE ~ Lymphedema
Lump (Lumpectomy)
Lt ~ Left
Mast (Mastectomy)

Med Onc - medical oncologist
Mets (Metastasis)
Mil ~ Mother in law

MLD - manual lymph drainage

Mojo ~ Sex , or lack of sex

MRSA - Methcillin-resistant Staphyloccus Aureua, a bacterium that causes an infection that is hard to treat and the bane of women who have had surgery, expecially for breast reconstruction (worth googling for more information)

MX - Mastectomy

NED (No evidence of Disease

NP - Nurse practitioner

ODAAT ~ One day at a time
Omph (or Ooph) ~ Ovary removal
ONC ~ Oncologist
path=pathology
PBM - prophylactic bilateral mastectomy

PE - pleural effusion

PET scan - Positron Emission Tornography, used to image metabolically active cells, such as cancer cells.

PET-CT scan - a combination of PET and CT which superimposes the matebolically active cells that ‘light up' on the bodily structures so that the radiologist is reading a single image.

PICC - peripherally inserted central catheter.  When used (occasionally) for chemo, it is sometimes known as an "arm port".  More often used for IV antibiotics such as may be required for MRSA and other serious bacterial infections.

PILC - pleomorphic invasive lobular carcinoma

PM - private message
PR (Progesterone Receptive)  progesterone receptor positive+ or negative-
PS ~ Plastic Surgeon

QOL - quality of life

Rad onc - Radiation oncologist
Rt ~ Right
SE ~ Side Effects
SNB - sentinel node biopsy

SX can be used as an abbreviation for 'surgery', or 'symptoms'.  http://www.globalrph.com/abbrev_rst.htm 

TE - temporary expanders

TN (Triple Negative) In regards to negative status for ER/PR and Her2neu status
TMI-Too much information

TX - treatment

Additional info (thanks Leaf) to consider:

There can be multiple meanings for some abbreviations in medicine.

For example, PE is also an abbreviation for pulmonary embolism.  (Tamoxifen users are at increased risk for pulmonary embolism.)

One acquaintence with a congenital heart defect (CHD) didn't believe me when I told her that CHD is more commonly an abbreviation for coronary heart disease.

In medical notes, you often have to look at the context.  With some abbreviations, it can be difficult.

Titan

You forgot PFC!

HollyHopes

how about LMAO!! 

Aliceann

Thanks so much for a listing.  I knew most of them, but I sure don't want to sound like a goof and ask what these mean.  With as much time as I have spent with this lifestyle, I should know them all.