Acronyms A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z AACR American Association for Cancer Research AAMC Association of American Medical Colleges ABL Abelson Murine Leukemia viral oncogene homologue ACS American Cancer Society American College of Surgeons AFIP Armed Forces Institute of Pathology AJCC American Joint Committee on Cancer AMA American Medical Association AMIA American Medical Informatics Association APC adenomatous polyposis coli APHA American Public Health Association API Application Programming Interfaces   BCCA British Columbia Cancer Agency BCR breakpoint cluster region BIGR Biomaterials and Information for Genomic Research™ (Ardais Corporation) BIO Biotechnology Industry Organization BPH benign prostatic hyperplasia BRCA breast cancer BU business unit   caBIO cancer Bioinformatics Infrastructure “Objects” caDSR cancer Data Standards Repository CALGB Cancer and Leukemia Group B caLIMS Cancer laboratory information management system CAP College of American Pathologists CCOP Community Clinical Oncology Program CCSS Childhood Cancer Survivor Study CDC Centers for Disease Control and Prevention CDMRP Congressionally Directed Medical Research Program cDNA complementary DNA (deoxyribonucleic acid) CFR Code of Federal Regulations CGH comparative genomic hybridization CHTN Cooperative Human Tissue Network CIRB Central Institutional Review Board CLIA Clinical Laboratories Improvement Act CMAP Cancer Molecular Analysis Project CML chronic myeloid leukemia CMS Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (formerly HCFA or Health Care Financing Administration) CoC Commission on Cancer COG Children’s Oncology Group CRF Case Report Form   DCP Division of Cancer Prevention (NCI) DH Department of Health (UK) DoD Department of Defense DOT Department of Transportation DUMC Duke University Medical Center   EC European Commission ECOG Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group EDRN Early Detection Research Network EOC Ethics Oversight Committee ESC Executive Steering Committee EU European Union   FDA Food and Drug Administration FGT First Genetic Trust FISH fluorescence in situ hybridization FNA fine needle aspiration FNIH Foundation for the National Institutes of Health   GCI Genomics Collaborative, Inc. GCP Good Clinical Practices GIST gastrointestinal stromal tumors GLP Good Laboratory Practices GMP Good Manufacturing Practices GOG Gynecologic Oncology Group   H&E hematoxylin and eosin HCFA Heath Care Finance Administration (now CMS) HHS Department of Health and Human Services HIMSS Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society HIPAA Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act HL7 Health Level Seven HMO health maintenance organization HRSA Health Resources and Services Administration   IATA International Air Transport Association ICD International Classification of Diseases ICF Informed Consent Form IGC International Genomics Consortium IHC immunohistochemistry IMAGE Integrated Molecular Analysis of Genomes and their Expression IOM Institute of Medicine IP intellectual property IRB institutional review board ISBER International Society for Biological and Environmental Repositories ISO International Standards Organization IT information technology IWHS Iowa Women’s Health Study   J2EE Java 2 Enterprise Edition   LCM laser capture microdissection LIMS Laboratory Information Management System LOINC Logical Observation Identifiers Names and Codes.   MIAME Minimum Information About a Microarray Experiment MRC Medical Research Council (UK) MTHFR 5,10 methylenetetrahydrofolate reductase   NAPBC National Action Plan for Breast Cancer NBAC National Bioethics Advisory Commission NBN National Biospecimen Network (or “the network”) NCCLS National Committee for Clinical Laboratory Standards NCDB National Cancer Database NCI National Cancer Institute NCICB National Cancer Institute Center for Bioinformatics NCRI National Cancer Research Institute (UK) NCRN National Cancer Research Network NCTR National Cancer Tissue Resource NDC National Dialogue on Cancer NDI National Death Index NHS National Health System (UK) NIEHS National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences NIH National Institutes of Health NIST National Institute of Standards and Technology NLM National Library of Medicine NOTA National Organ Transplant Act NSABP National Surgical Adjuvant Breast and Bowel Project NTRAC National Translational Cancer Research Network (UK)   OCT optimal cutting temperature OHRP Office for Human Research Protections (formerly OPRR) OMG Object Management Group OPO Organ Procurement Organization OPRR Office for Protection from Research Risk (replaced by OHRP) OPTN Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network OR operating room OSHA Occupational Safety and Health Administration OSI Open System Interconnection   PCR polymerase chain reaction PHI protected health information PhRMA Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America PHS Public Health Service (U.S.) PRC Processing Resource Centres PRIMR Public Responsibility in Medicine and Research PSA prostate-specific antigen PXE pseudoxanthoma elasticum   QA quality assurance QC quality control   RFP request for proposals RT-PCR reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction   SEER Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results SNOMED Systemized Nomenclature of Medicine SNOMED CT Systemized Nomenclature of Medicine – Clinical Terms SNP single nucleotide polymorphism SOP standard operating procedure SPIN Shared Pathology Informatics Network SPORE Specialized Program of Research Excellence   TARC Tissue Acquisition Resource Centres (UK) TARP Tissue Array Research Program TAWG Tissue Access Working Group TDU terminal ductal unit TK tyrosine kinase TMA tissue microarray TTR Tumor Tissue Repository TURPS transurethral resection of the prostate   UK United Kingdom UML Unified Modeling Language UNOS United Network for Organ Sharing USAMRMC U.S. Army Medical Research and Materiel Command   VA Department of Veterans Affairs

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