Oncology Acronyms

A
ADL: activities of daily living
ANED: alive no evidence of disease
C
CCR: continuous complete remission
CR: complete response, complete remission
CRu: complete response unconfirmed
D
DFS: disease free survival
DLT: dose limiting toxicity
DOR: duration of response
E
EFS: event free survival (time from diagnosis to defined events, eg. death or recurrence of disease)
F
FFS: failure free survival
G
GPR: good partial remission
M
MTD: maximum tolerated dose
N
NED: no evidence of disease
O
OR: overall response
ORR: overall response rate
OS: overall survival
P
PD: progressive disease
PFS: progression free survival
PR: partial response (a reduction in total cross sectional area of all measurable tumours by at least 50%)
Q
QALY: quality adjusted life year
QoL: quality of life
R
RFS: relapse free survival
RR: response rate (percentage of patients with a complete response (CR) or partial response (PR))
S
SAE: serious adverse event
SD: stable disease
T
TFI: treatment free interval
TRM: transplant related mortality
TTAT: time to alternative therapy
TTP: time to progression of disease
TWIST: time without symptoms or therapy