Glossary

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

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

• 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
• GOELAMS: Groupe Ouest-Est d'études des Leucémies Aigües et autres Maladies du Sang
• IELSG: International Extranodal Lymphoma Study Group
• 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.