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Terms - Abbriviations

I have noticed a new member has mentioned about getting to know what terms and abbreviations are here on the forum, so maybe a thread to help.
Please add any that you can think of, that will help our newest members.
The biggest and best to start the list.
NED - No Evidence of Disease
Oxi - Oxaliplatin platinum based chemo drug
And I hand it over to the rest of you.
Sue - Trubrit
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Hi,I've found that the best
Hi,
I've found that the best place to find abbreviations is over on the Colon Club site - it's the second one down under "Topics". We had tried this before on this board, but we didn't hear back from the Admins, in the post got lost in over time. Maybe they'll see this post and try it to do it.
Take care,
Cyn
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I have found this useful from
I have found this useful from the Cleveland Clinic
http://chemocare.com/chemotherapy/acronyms/default.aspx#.VNet-Dd0zIU
Andrea
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