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abbr-of-breast cancer

• ABUS - Automated Breast Ultrasound
• AC
• AIs
• ADH - atypical ductal hyperplasia
• ALH - atypical lobular hyperplasia
• ALND
• APBI - Accelerated Partial Breast Irradiation
• AWS - Axillary Web Syndrome (also known as Cording)
• B9 - benign
• BART - BRACAnalysis Rearrangement Test
• BC - breast cancer
• Bi-Lat - bilateral (eg. bilateral mastectomy is the removal of both breasts)
• BIRADS - Breast Imaging Reporting and Data System score
• BM or BMX - bilateral mastectomy (removal of both breasts)
• BS - breast specialist/surgeon
• BTW - by the way OR between
• Bump - written to bubble a thread up in the active topics
• BWT - but what the ____!
• C. diff - Clostridium difficile, often called C. difficile or C. diff, is a bacterium that can cause symptoms ranging from diarrhea to life-threatening inflammation of the colon.
• CAT - computerized tomography scan (also CT scan)
• CC - capsular contracture
• CEA - carcinoembryonic antigen, a tumor marker in the blood
• CHF - congestive heart failure
• CMF - cyclophosphamide (brand name: Cytoxan), methotrexate (brand names: Amethopterin, Mexate, Folex), fluorouracil (also called 5-fluorouracil or 5-FU; brand name: Adrucil), a common chemotherapy combination.
• CT scan - computerized tomography scan (also CAT scan)
• DCIS - ductal carcinoma in situ
• DD - dose dense, in reference to chemotherapy; or dear daughter when referencing family
• DH - dear husband
• DIEP - deep inferior epigastric perforator flap breast reconstruction
• DIL - daughter-in-law
• DP - dear partner
• DS - dear son
• DW - dear wife
• ER+/- - estrogen receptor positive (+) or negative (-)
• FEC - fluorouracil (also called 5-fluorouracil or 5-FU; brand name: Adrucil), epirubicin (brand name: Ellence), cyclophosphamide (brand name: Cytoxan), a common chemotherapy combination.
• FG - fat graft
• FIL - father-in-law
• FISH - Fluorescence In Situ Hybridization, a type of pathology test
• FNA
• FWIW - for what it’s worth
• GCM - Glucosamine chondroitin with MSM (for joint pain relief)
• H - Herceptin (chemical name: trastuzumab)
• HER2 +/- - human epidermal growth factor receptor 2 positive (+) or negative (-). Read more on HER2 status.
• HT -
• HRT -
• Hx - history
• IBC - inflammatory breast cancer
• IDC - invasive ductal carcinoma
• IGAP - Inferior Gluteal Artery Perforator Flap
• IHC - ImmunoHistoChemistry, a type of pathology test
• ILC - invasive lobular carcinoma
• IMF - infra-mammary fold (the crease/fold under the breast)
• IMHO
• IORT - intraoperative radiation therapy
• IPLC - invasive pleomorphic lobular carcinoma, a subtype of invasive lobular carcinoma
• KWIM - know what I mean
• LAVH - laparoscropic assisted vaginal hysterectomy
• LCIS - lobular carcinoma in situ
• LD flap - latissimus dorsi flap breast reconstruction
• LE - lymphedema
• Lump - lumpectomy
• Lt - left
• LVI - lymphatic/vascular invasion
• Lx - lumpectomy
• Mast - mastectomy
• MBC -
• Med Onc - medical oncologist
• Mets - metastasis
• MIL - mother-in-law
• MLD - manual lymph drainage
• MO - medical oncologist
• Mojo - sex, or lack of; libido
• MPBC - metaplastic breast cancer
• MRA - magnetic resonance angiogram
• MRI - magnetic resonance imaging
• MX -
• NAC - nipple-areolar complex, a term used in nipple-sparing mastectomy
• NB - Navelbine (chemical name: vinorelbine)
• NEAD
• NED - no evidence of disease
• NP - nurse practitioner
• NSM - nipple-sparing mastectomy
• ODAAT - one day at a time
• ONC - oncologist
• Ooph - oophorectomy or ovary removal
• OS - overall survival
• P -
• PAP Flap - profunda artery perforator flap
• Path - pathology
• PASH - Pseudoangiomatous stromal hyperplasia
• PBM - prophylactic bilateral mastectomy
• PCC - Penguin cold caps
• PCP
• pCR -
• PE - pleural effusion or pulmonary embolism
• PET scan - Positron Emission Tomography scan
• PET-CT scan - a combination of PET and CT scans
• PFC - perfluorinated compounds
• PFC - post final chemo
• PFS - Progression Free Survival
• PICC - peripherally inserted central catheter, sometimes called an arm port
• PILC - pleomorphic invasive lobular carcinoma, a subtype of invasive lobular carcinoma (ILC)
• PM - private message
• PR +/- - progesterone receptor positive (+) or negative (-)
• PS - plastic surgeon
• RADS - radiation therapy or radiotherapy
• Rad onc - radiation oncologist
• RO - radiation oncologist
• RS - recurrent score
• SE - side effects
• SERDs - Selective Estrogen Receptor Downregulators
• SERMs - Selective Estrogen Receptor Modulators
• SGAP Flap - superior gluteal artery perforator flap
• SIL - sister-in-law
• SNB - sentinel node biopsy
• TAH-BSO - Total Abdominal Hysterectomy - Bilateral Salpingo Oophorectomy
• TCH - taxotere (chemical name: docetaxel), carboplatin (brand name: Paraplatin), herceptin (chemical name: trastuzumab)
• TCHP - Taxotere (chemical name: docetaxel), carboplatin, Herceptin (chemical name: trastuzumab), Perjeta (chemical name: pertuzumab)
• TE - temporary expanders or tissue expanders, used in breast implant reconstruction
• TL;DR - too long; didn’t read: a quick note used by authors of a post to preface lengthy posts with a quick summary of the topic and question, so others don’t have to read further if not necessary
• TM -
• TN - triple negative (negative status for ER, PR, and HER2)
• TNBC - triple negative breast cancer (negative status for ER, PR, and HER2)
• TRAM flap - transverse rectus abdominis myocutaneous flap reconstruction flap
• TX - treatment
• WBR - whole brain radiotherapy