Glossary

The purpose of this page is to define terms specific to HemOnc.org as well as other commonly used acronyms.

Cooperative groups

• AGMT: Arbeitsgemeinschaft Medikamentöse Tumortherapie
• ALLG: Australasian Leukaemia and Lymphoma Group
• CALGB: Cancer and Leukemia Group B
• CECOG: Central European Cooperative Oncology Group
• COG: Children's Oncology Group
• CRUK: Cancer Research UK
• ECOG: Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group
• ECOG-ACRIN: Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group-American College of Radiology Imaging Network
• EORTC: European Organization for Research and Treatment of Cancer
• GERCOR: Multidisciplinary Group in Oncology
• HeCOG: Hellenic Cooperative Oncology Group
• HOG: Hoosier Oncology Group
• HORG: Hellenic Oncology Research Group
• HOVON: Dutch Haemato-Oncology Cooperative Study Group
• JCOG: Japan Clinical Oncology Group
• NCCTG: North Central Cancer Treatment Group
• NCIC-CTG: National Cancer Institute of Canada Clinical Trials Group
• OSHO: Ostdeutsche Studiengruppe Hamato-Onkologie (East German Study Group of Hematology and Oncology)
• PETHEMA: Programa para el Estudio de la Terapéutica en Hemopatía Maligna
• POG: Pediatric Oncology Group
• RTOG: Radiation Therapy Oncology Group
• SAKK: Swiss Group for Clinical Cancer Research
• SECSG: Southeastern Cancer Study Group
• SFRO: Société Francophone de Radiothérapie Oncologique
• SICOG: Southern Italy Cooperative Oncology Group
• SWOG: Southwest Oncology Group
• TTROG: Trans-Tasman Radiation Oncology Group
• UK MRC: United Kingdom Medical Research Council
• UK NCRI: United Kingdom National Cancer Research Institute

Domain-specific study groups

Dermatologic oncology

• DeCOG: Dermatologic Cooperative Oncology Group

Gastrointestinal oncology

• FFCD: Fédération Francophone de Cancérologie Digestive
• GISCAD: Italian Group for the Study of Digestive Tract Cancer

Pancreatic cancer

• ESPAC: European Study Group for Pancreatic Cancer
• JSAP: Japanese Study Group of Adjuvant Therapy for Pancreatic Cancer

Genitourinary oncology

• GETUG: Genitourinary Group
• SFUO: Swedish Association for Urological Oncology

Prostate cancer

• SPCG: Scandinavian Prostatic Cancer Group

HIV-associated malignancy

• AMC: AIDS Malignancy Consortium

Leukemia

• ALLG: Australasian Leukaemia and Lymphoma Group
• LCG: Leukaemia Cooperative Group

Lymphoma

• BNLI: British National Lymphoma Investigation
• CLG: Central Lymphoma Group UK
• DSHNHL: German High-Grade Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma Study Group
• GELA: Groupe d'Etudes des Lymphomes de l'Adulte
• GELCAB: Grup d’Estudi dels Limfomes de Catalunya i Balears
• GEL/TAMO: Grupo Español de Linfomas/Trasplante Autólogo de Médula Osea
• GOELAMS: Groupe Ouest-Est d'études des Leucémies Aigües et autres Maladies du Sang
• IELSG: International Extranodal Lymphoma Study Group
• LYSA: Lymphoma Study Association
• NLG: Nordic Lymphoma Group

Multiple myeloma

• BMMSG: Brazilian Multiple Myeloma Study Group
• GEM: Grupo Español de Mieloma
• IFM: Intergroupe Francophone du Myélome
• NMSG: Nordic Myeloma Study Group
• TMSG: Turkish Myeloma Study Group

Neuro-oncology

• NABTT: New Approaches to Brain Tumor Therapy CNS Consortium

Transplant

• BMT CTN: Blood and Marrow Transplant Clinical Trials Network

Professional organizations

An extensive list of professional organizations is available on this separate page.