'Taking One Day At A Time - Just Winging It '

written by members of Friends in Need

Terminology:

Dx	Diagnosis	Tx	Treatment
Hx	History	Bx	Biopsy
Rx	Perscription	Ca	Carcinoma, cancer
ER+	Postive for estrogen	ER-	Negative for estrogen
Ax	Axilla, armpit	CEA	Carcinoembryonic Antigen (tumor marker)
Atypical	Not usual, abnormal	NAD	No Abnormality Detected
IBC	Inflammatory breast cancer	ILC	Infiltrating Lobular cancer
DCIS	Ductal carcinoma in situ	IDC	Infiltrating Ductal Carcinoma
NED	No Evidence of Disease	A/C	Doxorubicin (Adriamycin),Cytoxan
CMF	Cyclophosphamide,Methotrexate,5FU	CEF	Cyclophosphamide, Epirubicin,5FU
5FU	5-fluorouracil	CAF	Cyclophosphamide,doxorubicin,5FU
FAC	5FU,Adriamycin, cyclophosphamide