Abbreviations

CHILDHOOD ACUTE LYMPHOBLASTIC LEUKEMIA ABBREVIATIONS 

ALL = ACUTE LYMPHOBLASTIC LEUKEMIA 

AML = ACUTE MYELOCYTIC LEUKEMIA (THE OTHER MOST PREVALENT FORM OF CHILDHOOD LEUKEMIA)  

ANC = ABSOLUTE NEUTROPHIL COUNT (MEASURE OF HOW MANY INFECTION FIGHTING CELLS THE BODY HAS) 

AVN =  AVASCULAR NECROSIS

B-CELL = MEANS THE LEUKEMIC CELLS ARE MUTATED B-CELLS 

BFM = BERLIN, FRANKFURT, MUNICH PROTOCOL USED IN MUCH OF EUROPE 

BMT = BONE MARROW TRANSPLANT 

CBC = COMPLETE BLOOD CELL COUNT TEST 

CNS = CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM (CEREBRO-SPINAL FLUID IN THE SPINE AND BRAIN) 

COG = CHILDREN’S ONCOLOGY GROUP, OVERALL GROUP OF ONCOLOGISTS THAT DEVISE AND SUPERVISE CLINICAL TESTS THROUGHOUT THE US 

CONS = CONSOLIDATION (SECOND STAGE) 

DEX = DEXAMETHASONE (STEROID) 

DI = DELAYED INTENSIFICATION STAGE

DX = DIAGNOSIS 

EOT = END OF TREATMENT 

HD MTX = HIGH DOSE METHOTREXATE 

HB OR HEMO = HEMOGLOBIN (ONE MEASURE OF RED BLOOD CELLS) 

HR = HIGH RISK 

IM = INTERIM MAINTENANCE (AND IM1, IM2, MEANS INTERIM MAINTENANCE 1, OR 2, ETC.) 

IND = INDUCTION (FIRST STAGE) 

IT = INTRATHECAL (INTO THE SPINAL FLUID) 

ITMTX = INTRATHECAL METHOTREXATE 

IV = INTRAVENOUS (INTO THE ARM) 

LP = LUMBAR PUNCTURE, OR SPINAL TAP 

LR = LOW RISK 

LTM OR MAINT = LONG TERM MAINTENANCE STAGE

NG = NASO-GASTRIC TUBE, FOR DELIVERING NUTRITION INTO THE STOMACH 

NPO = LATIN PHRASE FOR NOTHING BY MOUTH – MEANING NO FOOD UNTIL AFTER THE TREATMENT, TEST, SURGERY OR WHATEVER.  SO, A CHILD MIGHT BE NPO FROM MIDNIGHT UNTIL AFTER SOME SPECIFIED TREATMENT.  

ONC = ONCOLOGIST 

OT = OFF TREATMENT!!

PEG = WOMAN NAMED PEG.  NO, ACTUALLY A DRUG CALLED PEG ASPARAGINASE 

PRED = PREDNISONE (STEROID)

SR = STANDARD RISK 

T-CELL = MEANS THE LEUKEMIC CELLS ARE MUTATED T-CELLS 

VHR = VERY HIGH RISK 

WBC = WHITE BLOOD CELL COUNT