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Glossary of Terms

We have put together an alphabetical list of some of the most commonly used terms with explanation of what they mean.

Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia

Acute Myeloid Leukemia

Adjuvant Therapy

Adverse Events

Angiogenesis

Anti-VEGF

Antibody Therapy

Basal Cell Carcinoma

BCR-ABL

Biosimilars

Bladder Cancer

Bone Mets

BRAF

Brain Mets

Breast Cancer

CAR T-Cell Therapy

Carcinoid Syndrome

Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia

Chronic Myeloid Leukemia

CME

Colorectal Cancer

Conference Coverage

Consolidation Therapy

Diffuse Large B-Cell Lymphoma (DLBCL)

Educational Publications

EGFR

EGFR Amplification

ER Positive

Follicular Lymphoma

Gastric Cancer

Gastroesophageal Junction

Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumors (GISTs)

GBM

GIST

Glioblastoma

Graft-Versus-Host Disease

Hairy Cell Leukemia

Head and Neck Cancer

Hepatocellular Carcinoma

HER2

HER2 Positive

Hodgkin Lymphoma

Hormone-Resistant Breast Cancer

Hormone-Resistant Prostate Cancer

Immuno-Oncology

Independent Medical Education (IME)

Indolent Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma

Induction Therapy

KRAS

Leptomeningeal Involvement of Cancer

Lung Cancer

Mantle Cell Lymphoma

Marginal Zone Lymphoma

Merkel Cell Carcinoma

Mesothelioma

Metastatic

MGMT Methylated

MGUS (Monoclonal Gammopathy of Uncertain Significance)

Minimal Residual Disease

Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinase (MEK)

Molecular Diagnostics

Monoclonal Antibody (mAb)

MSI-High

Multiple Myeloma

My prIME

Myelodysplastic Syndrome

Myeloproliferative Disorders

Nasopharyngeal Cancer

Neoadjuvant

Neuroendocrine

Neuroendocrine Tumor (NET)

Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer

Nonmelanoma Skin Cancers

Online Activities – Data Dissemination

Online Activities – On Demand

Oropharyngeal Cancer

Pancreatic Cancer

PARP

Patient Education

PD-1

PD-L1

Peritoneal Cancer

Philadelphia Chromosome Positive

prIME LINES

prIME Oncology Live Events

prIME TIMES

Prostate Cancer

Renal Cancer

Risk Assessment

Sarcoma

Sequencing

Squamous Cell Carcinoma

Squamous Cell Head and Neck Cancer

T-Cell Lymphoma

Targeted Agents

Targeted Therapy

Transplantation

Triple-Negative Breast Cancer (TNBC)

Tumor Treating Fields (TTF or TTFields)

Tyrosine Kinase Inhibitor

Uterine Sarcoma

Veno-Occlusive Disease (VOD)

Waldenström Macroglobulinemia