ACRONYMS
ASCO American Society of Clinical Oncology
ASR Analyte-Specific Reagent
CAP College of American Pathologists
CMS Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services
CLIA Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendment
CPT Current Procedural Terminology
EGAPP Evaluation of Genomic Applications in Practice and Prevention
EGF Epidermal Growth Factor
EGFR Epidermal Growth Factor Receptor
FDA Food and Drug Administration
FISH Fluorescent In Situ Hybridization
HER2 Human Epidermal Growth Factor Receptor 2
HIPAA Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act
IHC Immunohistochemistry
IVD In Vitro Diagnostic
LOH Loss of Heterozygosity
mRNA Messenger Ribonucleic Acid
MIAME Minimum Information About a Microarray Experiment
NBN National Biospecimen Network
NCCN National Comprehensive Cancer Network
NCI National Cancer Institute
NICE National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (of the United Kingdom)
NIH National Institutes of Health (of the United States)
PET Positron Emission Tomography
PMA Premarket Approval
PSA Prostate-Specific Antigen
QALY Quality-Adjusted Life-Year
SNP Single Nucleotide Polymorphism
SOP Standard Operating Procedure
SPORE Specialized Programs of Research Excellence
TEC Technology Evaluation Center (of BlueCross BlueShield)
USPSTF United States Preventive Services Task Force
