| Acronym |
Organization
|
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FEDERAL GOVERNMENT
|
| AFIP |
Armed Forces
Institute of Pathology:The Armed Forces Institute of Pathology
(AFIP) is a tri-service agency of the Department of Defense
specializing in pathology consultation, education and research. |
| CDC |
Centers for
Disease Control and Prevention: The Centers for Disease
Control and Prevention (CDC) is recognized as the lead federal
agency for protecting the health and safety of people - at home
and abroad, providing credible information to enhance health
decisions, and promoting health through strong partnerships. |
| NCI |
National
Cancer Institute: One of the National Institutes of Health
in the U. S. Department of Health and Human Services, that was
established as a center for cancer research. The NCI has also
assumed a leading role in Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome
(AIDS) research since the disease was first recognized in 1981. |
| NPCR |
National
Program of Cancer Registries:The CDC's National Program
of Cancer Registries supports cancer registration and surveillance
in 45 states, 3 territories, and the District of Columbia. |
| NCHS |
National
Center for Health Statistics: NCHS is the Federal Government's
principal vital and health statistics agency. Since 1960, when
the National Office of Vital Statistics and the National Health
Survey merged to form NCHS, the agency has provided a wide variety
of data with which to monitor the Nation's health. |
| SEER |
Surveillance,
Epidemiology, and End Results: SEER collects incidence and
follow-up data in ten areas in the United States for the purpose
of identifying and monitoring trends in cancer incidence and
survival. |
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NATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS
|
| NAACCR |
North American
Association of Central Cancer Registries: A professional
society whose members are, for the most part, from population-based
registries and are interested in the development and application
of cancer registration and morbidity survey techniques to studies
of defined population groups and to the conduct of cancer control
programs. |
| AACR |
American Association
of Cancer Research: An organization dedicated to cancer
research with probably the largest research fleeting in the
country. It also publishes information on all basic cancer research. |
| ACCC |
Association
of Community Cancer Centers: An organization of comprehensive
hospitals and cancer centers with an interest in community activities.
Members are concerned about the how and why of cancer program
development, the impact of prospective payment, capitation,
and competition, and the establishment and maintenance of high
standards of quality patient care. |
| ACOA |
American
College of Oncology Administrators: A professional health
care organization for oncology, administrators, managers, and
consultants of cancer programs and services. It is a chapter
of the American Academy of Medical Administrators. |
| ACOS |
American College
of Surgeons: A professional medical association to improve
the quality of care for surgical patients by elevating the standards
of surgical education and practice. |
| ACS |
American
Cancer Society: A private cancer research organization which
supports, through grants, investigator-initiated projects in
established medical and other scientific institutions across
the country. |
| AHIMA |
American Health
Information Management Association: A group of credentialed
professionals, mainly Health Information Administrator (HIA)
and Registered Health Information Technician (RHIT), who collect
and analyze a wide range of health information. |
| AJCC |
American
Joint Committee on Cancer: Organized in 1959 for the purpose
of clinical staging, the AJCC decided to use the TNM system
of the UICC to develop its own system of clinical and pathologic
staging. Cooperation between 1982-87 has resulted in uniform
and identical definitions and stage groupings of cancer for
all sites between UICC and AJCC. |
| AMA |
American
Medical Association: A professional organization of practicing
physicians It also provides coordination and direction for allied
health education to establish and maintain appropriate standards
of patient care through its accreditation of allied medical
education programs. |
| ASCO |
American Society
of Clinical Oncology: A society of oncologists, primarily
medical, for the dissemination and exchange of cancer information. |
| CCOP |
Community
Clinical Oncology Program: A cooperative agreement supported
program which provides support to community-based oncologists
to participate in clinical trials sponsored by the clinical
cooperative groups and/or cancer centers. |
| COC |
Commission
on Cancer of the American College of Surgeons: Representing
28 national professional organizations, the Commission seeks
multidisciplinary cooperation in cancer management. It establishes
standards for approval of cancer programs, stimulates cancer
programs in institutions and communities, develops nationwide
patient care evaluation studies of specific organ sites and
types of malignancy as well as symposia and postgraduate courses
on cancer for physicians. |
| JCAHCO |
Joint
Commission on Accreditation of Health Care Organizations
(Formerly Joint Commission on Accreditation of Hospitals): Provides
standards for accreditation of health care organizations and
conducts surveys to determine an organization's degree of compliance
and provides acceptable ways to bring the organization into
compliance. |
| NCRA |
National
Cancer Registrars Association: A professional organization
to promote the level of knowledge and performance of tumor registrars
through educational standards and continuing education as well
as to improve and standardize the compiling of tumor registry
information. |
| SSO |
Society
of Surgical Oncology: A society of surgical oncologists
for the dissemination and exchange of cancer information. |
|
Worldwide Organizations
|
| IACR |
International
Association of Cancer Registries: A voluntary non-governmental
organization established in 1970 to represent the scientific
and professional interests of cancer registries interested in
the development and application of cancer registration and morbidity
survey techniques to studies of well-defined populations. |
| IARC |
International
Agency for Research on Cancer: Established in 1965 within
the framework of the World Health Organization (WHO), IARC is
dedicated to research on cancer, particularly epidemiology of
cancer and study of potential carcinogens in the human environment |
| UICC |
International
Union Against Cancer (Union Internationale Centre le Cancer):
An organization established to monitor cancer throughout the
world. It disseminates current knowledge of cancer, its prevention,
early detection, diagnosis, treatment. Rehabilitation, and continuing
care as well as knowledge in basic and clinical cancer research.
It was first in the development of the TNM Clinical Staging
Classification in the early 1950's, one of its many accomplishments. |
| WHO |
World
Health Organization: A United Nations organization established
to monitor world health. It divides the world into seven regions
with a headquarters in each region. |
