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Oncology Acronyms

    A

  • ADL: activities of daily living
  • ANED: alive no evidence of disease

    • C

  • CCR: continuous complete remission
  • CR: complete response, complete remission
  • CRu: complete response unconfirmed

    • D

  • DFS: disease free survival
  • DLT: dose limiting toxicity
  • DOR: duration of response

    • E

  • EFS: event free survival (time from diagnosis to defined events, eg. death or recurrence of disease)

    • F

  • FFS: failure free survival

    • G

  • GPR: good partial remission

    • M

  • MTD: maximum tolerated dose

    • N

  • NED: no evidence of disease

    • O

  • OR: overall response
  • ORR: overall response rate
  • OS: overall survival

    • P

  • PD: progressive disease
  • PFS: progression free survival
  • PR: partial response (a reduction in total cross sectional area of all measurable tumours by at least 50%)

    • Q

  • QALY: quality adjusted life year
  • QoL: quality of life

    • R

  • RFS: relapse free survival
  • RR: response rate (percentage of patients with a complete response (CR) or partial response (PR))

    • S

  • SAE: serious adverse event
  • SD: stable disease

    • T

  • TFI: treatment free interval
  • TRM: transplant related mortality
  • TTAT: time to alternative therapy
  • TTP: time to progression of disease
  • TWIST: time without symptoms or therapy

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