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The purpose of this page is to define terms specific to HemOnc.org as well as other commonly used acronyms.
HemOnc.org-specific terms
Cooperative groups
- ALLG: Australasian Leukaemia and Lymphoma Group
- CALGB: Cancer and Leukemia Group B
- COG: Children's Oncology Group
- 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
- HeCOG: Hellenic Cooperative Oncology 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
- NCRI: National Cancer Research Institute
- OSHO: East German Study Group of Hematology and Oncology
- PETHEMA: Programa para el Estudio de la Terapéutica en Hemopatía Maligna
- POG: Pediatric Oncology Group
- SECSG: Southeastern Cancer Study Group
- SICOG: Southern Italy Cooperative Oncology Group
- SWOG: Southwest Oncology Group
Domain-specific study groups
Dermatologic oncology
- DeCOG: Dermatologic Cooperative Oncology Group
Leukemia
- LCG: Leukaemia Cooperative Group
Lymphoma
- CLG: Central Lymphoma Group UK
- DSHNHL: German High-Grade Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma Study Group
- GELA: Groupe d'Etudes des Lymphomes de l'Adulte
- GOELAMS: Groupe Ouest-Est d'études des Leucémies Aigües et autres Maladies du Sang
- LYSA: Lymphoma Study Association
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
Professional organizations
An extensive list of professional organizations is available on this separate page.