MTC Glossary of terms


ACTH

Adrenocorticotropic hormone

AJCC

American Joint Committee on Cancer

ATA

American Thyroid Association

CCH

C-cell hyperplasia

CEA

Carcinoembryonic antigen

CLA

Cutaneous lichen amyloidosis

CND

Central neck dissection

CRH

Corticotropin-releasing hormone

CT

Computed tomography (tomographic)

Ctn

Calcitonin

EBRTa

External beam radiation therapy

EMA

European Medicines Agency

FDA

U.S. Food and Drug Administration

FDG-PET

2-[Fluorine-18]fluoro-2-deoxy-D-glucosepositron emission tomography

F-DOPA

18F-dihydroxyphenylalanine

FMTC

Familial medullary thyroid cancer

FNA

Fine-needle aspiration

FTC

Follicular thyroid carcinoma

HD

Hirschsprung's disease

HIPAA

Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act

HPTH

Hyperparathyroidism

HR

Hazard ratio

ICMA

Immunochemiluminometric assay

IHC

Immunohistochemical

IMRT

Intensity-modulated radiation therapy

LND

Left neck dissection

MEN

Multiple endocrine neoplasia

Met

Metastasis

MIBG

Metaiodobenzylguanidine

MRI

Magnetic resonance imaging

MTC

Medullary thyroid carcinoma

NCT

National Clinical Trial

OMIM

Online Mendelian Inheritance in Man

PEG

Percutaneous gastrostomy

PFS

Progression-free survival

PGD

Preimplantation genetic diagnosis

PHEO

Pheochromocytoma

PTC

Papillary thyroid carcinoma

PTH

Parathyroid hormone

RAI

Radioactive iodine

RECIST

Response evaluation criteria in solid tumors

REMS

Risk evaluation and mitigation strategies

RET

REarranged during Transfection protooncogene

RND

Right neck dissection

SEER

Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results

TKI

Tyrosine kinase inhibitor

TNM

Tumor, node, metastases

TSH

Thyrotropin

TT

Total thyroidectomy

US

Ultrasound

VEGF

Vascular endothelial growth factor

This website is intended for educational purposes only. It is not intended, nor should it be interpreted, as medical advice or instructions of any kind. Readers are advised to consult their own medical doctor(s) for all matters involving their health and medical care.