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Cancer lingo

kristasplace
kristasplace CSN Member Posts: 957 Member
edited March 2014 in Colorectal Cancer #1
Hi there again! Could someone please explain the cancer abbreviations that are commonly used on here? I noticed someone else was asking what one of the others meant. I figured out some of the easier ones myself, but i can't figure out NED or some of the other commonly used ones.

Many thanks, and hugs!
Krista
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  • nudgie
    nudgie CSN Member Posts: 1,478 Member
    #2
    NED STANDS FOR

    N = NO
    E = EVIDENCE
    D = DISEASE

    FOR NO EVIDENCE OF DISEASE!!
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  • KathiM
    KathiM CSN Member Posts: 8,027 Member
    #3
    NED is a great one to dance with....

    ROFL is Roll on Floor Laughing
    LOL is Laugh Out Loud
    CT scan is Computerized Tomography
    RFA is Radio Frequency Ablation, a treatment for those 'nasty guys' that refuse to leave after chemo...

    PET scan ...hummmm....scan by a dog???

    Hugs, Kathi
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  • vinny3
    vinny3 CSN Member Posts: 928 Member
    #4
    KathiM said:

    NED is a great one to dance with....

    ROFL is Roll on Floor Laughing
    LOL is Laugh Out Loud
    CT scan is Computerized Tomography
    RFA is Radio Frequency Ablation, a treatment for those 'nasty guys' that refuse to leave after chemo...

    PET scan ...hummmm....scan by a dog???

    Hugs, Kathi

    PET scan = Positron Emission Tomography
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