Getting a Handle on the Abbreviations & Acronyms

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My Own Little "AA" Pocket Reference

ALND = axillary lymph node dissection
ANS = Autonomic Nervous System (ANS)
BILAT = bilateral
BHRT = bioidentical hormonal replacement therapy
BRCA = breast cancer type 1 susceptibility protein
CAM = complimentary alternative medicine
CNS = central nervous system
CT = computerized tomography
DCA = dichloroacetate
DCIS = ductal carcinoma in-situ
DFS = disease-free survival
EGFR = epidermal growth factor receptor
ER = estrogen receptor
IDC = infiltrating (invasive) ductal carcinoma
ILC = infiltrating (invasive) lobular carcinoma
LCIS = lobular carcinoma in-situ
METS - metastatic
MRI =  magnetic resonance imaging
OS = overall survival
PetScan [PET] = positron emission tomography
PgR = progesterone receptor
SNLB = sentinel node biopsy

I will be adding to this list as I learn more during this next stage. This is just the basic primer for now.