cheat sheet for acronyms

Marianne313
Marianne313 Member Posts: 124
in Colorectal Cancer #1
Since I'm fairly new to all of this, even though I've lost many family members to different forms of cancer, I see lots of acronyms that I don't know what they mean. Is there a cheat sheet posted anywhere that might list different acronyms for words/words for acronyms?

Thank you
Marianne

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  • geotina
    geotina Member Posts: 2,111 Member
    #2
    Terminology:
    On 4/12 Trainer oped a discussion "terminology for newbies". It is also posted on the Colon Club. Hope this helps. If there is anything you need to know just let us know so we can fill you in.

    Take care - Tina
  • John23
    John23 Member Posts: 2,122 Member
    #3
    Marianne -

    You might want to save this link: The Acronym Finder

    "Ask And You Shall Receive" (sometimes; sometimes not).

    Be well.

    John
  • Marianne313
    Marianne313 Member Posts: 124
    #4
    John23 said:

    Marianne -

    You might want to save this link: The Acronym Finder

    "Ask And You Shall Receive" (sometimes; sometimes not).

    Be well.

    John

    :( I don't think this is what you guys mean when you say mets
    met [mɛt]
    vb
    the past tense and past participle of meet
  • johnnybegood
    johnnybegood Member Posts: 1,117 Member
    #5
    Marianne313 said:

    :( I don't think this is what you guys mean when you say mets
    met [mɛt]
    vb
    the past tense and past participle of meet

    ha ha
    i wish it was.i would like to meet my liver and lung and say get out cancer you are not welcome here...Godbless....johnnybegood
  • PhillieG
    PhillieG Member Posts: 4,866 Member
    #6
    Trainer's Post
    Here is the post Tina mentioned.
  • John23
    John23 Member Posts: 2,122 Member
    #7
    Marianne313 said:

    :( I don't think this is what you guys mean when you say mets
    met [mɛt]
    vb
    the past tense and past participle of meet

    Mets ?

    You mean the baseball team? Yeah, GO METS!

    The non-word, non-acronym: "mets" is the short, lazy way of
    saying "Metastasis".

    There are some cute ways of saying or typing things that seem
    to defy gravity, so don't get too overwhelmed when you can't
    figure out what someone is referring to, just ask them on the
    board, and let them explain.

    Here's a (slightly) better link that includes some folky terms:
    http://www.abbreviations.com/

    "Mets" is included there..... FWIW.

    Stay sane, and healthy.

    John
  • geotina
    geotina Member Posts: 2,111 Member
    #8
    Mets:
    Mets means metastasis, i.e., I have mets to the liver means the colon cancer has metastized (spread) to the liver.

    Ned - No evidence of disease
    Nead - No evidence of active disease
    PA - Physician's assistant
    RFA - Radio frequency ablation

    If there are any others just let us know. It takes a while to learn all the lingo.

    Take care - Tina
  • luvmylife
    luvmylife Member Posts: 76
    #9
    FYI
    Marianne,

    There is a great thread on the colonclub.com board. It gives a lot of medical terms and abbreviations.

    http://coloncancersupport.colonclub.com/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=5366

    Jan
  • Marianne313
    Marianne313 Member Posts: 124
    #10
    PhillieG said:

    Trainer's Post
    Here is the post Tina mentioned.

    thank you

    thank you
  • SisterSledge
    SisterSledge Member Posts: 332 Member
    #11
    luvmylife said:

    FYI
    Marianne,

    There is a great thread on the colonclub.com board. It gives a lot of medical terms and abbreviations.

    http://coloncancersupport.colonclub.com/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=5366

    Jan

    wow
    I hadn't been to the colonclub site yet...Jan, that page you linked to is awesome!
    http://coloncancersupport.colonclub.com/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=5366
    Colonclub Terminology and abbreviations
  • luvmylife
    luvmylife Member Posts: 76
    #12
    SisterSledge said:

    wow
    I hadn't been to the colonclub site yet...Jan, that page you linked to is awesome!
    http://coloncancersupport.colonclub.com/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=5366
    Colonclub Terminology and abbreviations

    Thanks for making it a hyperlink
    For some reason I wasn't able to make it one. Yeah there is a lot of good info on that site and that thread is very helpful.

    Jan
  • Marianne313
    Marianne313 Member Posts: 124
    #13
    luvmylife said:

    Thanks for making it a hyperlink
    For some reason I wasn't able to make it one. Yeah there is a lot of good info on that site and that thread is very helpful.

    Jan

    thanks everyone for your
    thanks everyone for your information. I printed a copy so I'd have it handy and I think (not sure) that I saved it as a favorite here so maybe I won't have to be a pest again.


    Marianne

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