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Common Abbreviations ch 21
oncology
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Medical
Undergraduate 1
12/24/2015
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Bx, bx
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biopsy
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Ca
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cancer
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CEA
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carcinoembryonic antigen
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DES
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diethylstilbestrol
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DNA
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deosyribonucleic acid
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mets
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metastasis
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NHL
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non-hodgkin's lymphoma
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Pap smear
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PSA
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prostate-specific antigen
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RNA
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ribonucleic acid
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RTx
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radiation therapy
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TNM
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tumor, nodes, and metastasis (a system for staging malignant neoplastic disease)
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