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Cervical Cancer Acronyms & Abbreviations
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5-FU 5 Fluorouracil
AAFP American Academy of Family Physicians
ACOG American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists
ACP American College of Physicians
ACPM American College of Preventive Medicine
ACS American Cancer Society
AGC Atypical glandular cells (formerly called AGUS)
AGC-NOS Atypical glandular cells, not otherwise specified
AHCPR Agency for Health Care Policy and Research
AHRQ Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (formerly AHCPR)
AIS Adenocarcinoma in situ
ARHP Association of Reproductive Health Practitioners
ASCCP American Society for Colposcopy and Cervical Pathology
ASCP American Society of Clinical Pathologists
ASC-H Atypical squamous cells suggestive of HSIL
ASC-US Atypical squamous cells of undetermined significance
ASHA American Social Health Association |
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BCC Breast and cervical Cancer (Project/Program), local or state program (see
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CAT/CT Computed axial tomography
CDC U. S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
CIN Cervical intraepithelial neoplasia
CIN-1 Cervical intraepithelial neoplasia grade 1 (mild)
CIN-2 Cervical intraepithelial neoplasia grade 2 (moderate)
CIN-3 Cervical intraepithelial neoplasia grade 3 (severe)
CIS Carcinoma in situ (preinvasive cancer)
CLIA Clinical Laboratories Improvement Act of 1967 and the Clinical
Laboratories Improvement Amendments of 1988
CT Chlamydia (Chlamydia trachomatous) |
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DES Diethylstilbestrol
DNA Deoxyribonucleic acid |
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E(ORF) Early Open Reading Frame, a gene
E6 Gene in HPV that inactivates tumor suppressor p53
E7 Gene in HPV that inactivates tumor suppressor pRb
ECC Endocervical Curettage
EC/TZ Endocervical cells and/or transformation zone component
EMB Endometrial biopsy |
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FDA Food and Drug Administration
FIGO International Federation of Gynecology and Obstetrics |
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GC Gonorrhea or gonococcus (Neisseria gonorrhoeae)
GCF Gyncologic Cancer Foundation |
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HC-II Hybrid Capture-II, HPV test
HR-HPV High risk HPV
HIV Human immunodeficiency virus
HPV Human papillomavirus
HSIL High grade squamous intraepithelial lesion, moderate or severe dysplasia,
moderate or severe cervical intraepithelial neoplasia, CIN-2, CIN-3, or CIS |
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IUD Intrauterine Device |
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LASER Light Amplification by Stimulated Emission of Radiation
LBC Liquid-based cytology (or Pap)
LEEP Loop Electrosurgical Excision Procedure
LLETZ Large Loop Excision of the Transformation Zone
LSIL Low grade squamous intraepithelial lesion, HPV infection and/or mild
dysplasia, CIN-1 |
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MDE Minimum Data Elements
MRI Magnetic resonance imaging
NANPWH National Association of Nurse Practitioners in Women?s Health
NBCCEDP National Breast and Cervical Cancer Early Detection Program |
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NCI National Cancer Institute
NCCLS National Committee for Clinical Laboratory Standards |
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OSCJ Original squamocolumnar junction (before puberty) |
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PCR Polymerase Chain Reaction
p53 Protein number 53, error-checking gene in cell cycle; protein that can halt
cell division and induce abnormal cells to self-destruct
Pap Papanicolaou (smear/test)
PET Positron emission tomography
pRb Protein Rb (retinoblastoma), growth suppressor or tumor suppressor gene;
protein that is master brake on cell cycle, stops cells for repair or destruction |
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QC Quality control |
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RBC Red Blood Cell(s) |
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SCJ Squamocolumnar Junction, area where high grade dysplasia starts (within +/- 0.5 cm)
SEER National Cancer Institute?s Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results
SGO Society of Gynecologic Oncologists
SIL Squamous intraepithelial lesion (LSIL, HSIL and CIS)
STD Sexually Transmitted Disease(s), sexually transmitted infection(s) |
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TBS The Bethesda System (of Pap smear nomenclature)
TBS-1 The Bethesda System (1988)
TBS-2 The Bethesda System (1991)
TBS-3 The Bethesda System (2001)
TZ Transformation zone of cervix |
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USA United States of America
USPHS U.S. Public Health Service
USPSTF U.S. Preventive Services Task Force |
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VAIN Vaginal intraepithelial neoplasia
VIN Vulvar intraepithelial neoplasia |
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WBC White Blood Cells
WHO World Health Organization
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