Oncology Abbreviations

Oncology is medical specialty concerned with the research, diagnosis, and treatment of cancer.

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Part of medicine that deals with growths, especially cancerous tumors (malignant tumors) (pronunciation: ON-koo-loo-GIE).

The doctor who is a specialist in this is called an ‘oncologist’. Sometimes there is something before that word, such as ‘haemato-oncologist’ (a lot of knowledge about blood cancer), ‘child oncologist’ (a lot of knowledge about children with cancer ).

 

Oncology Abbreviations

List of Acronyms Related to Oncology

ACORRN Academic Clinical Oncology and Radiobiology Research Network
ACO Academy of Clinical Oncology
ACORN Accelerated Community Oncology Research Network
ACOE Accreditation Council of Oncology in Europe
AOHA Administrators in Oncology/Hematology Assembly
AYAO Adolescent and Young Adult Oncology
AOCN Advanced Oncology Certified Nurse
AOHA Alabama Oncology Hematology Associates
ACRO American College of Radiation Oncology
ACSOG American College of Surgeons Oncology Group
APOS American Psychosocial Oncology Society
ASTRO American Society for Therapeutic Radiology and Oncology
ASCO American Society of Clinical Oncology
ASSO American Society of Surgical Oncology
AAOC Argentine Association of Clinical Oncology
ASNO Asian Society for Neuro-Oncology
AOCOA Asian-Oceanian Clinical Oncology Association
AFROC Association of Freestanding Radiation Oncology Centers
APHON Association of Pediatric Hematology Oncology Nurses
APON Association of Pediatric Oncology Nurses
AROI Association of Radiation Oncology of India
ARRO Association of Residents in Radiation Oncology
ASRO ASTRO School of Radiation Oncology (Fairfax, VA)
AVIM Atlantic Veterinary Internal Medicine and Oncology
AROLG Australasian Radiation Oncology Lymphoma Group
ADOL Avian Disease and Oncology Laboratory
BOCOC Bank of Cyprus Oncology Centre
BPPOA Barbara Parry Paediatric Oncology Association
BSMO Belgian Society of Medical Oncology
BARO Better Access to Radiation Oncology
BCOP Board Certified Oncology Pharmacist
BOC Breast Oncology Center
BODMA British Oncology Data Managers Association
BOPA British Oncology Pharmacy Association
BVOSG British Veterinary Oncology Study Group
CANO Canadian Association of Nurses in Oncology
CAPO Canadian Association of Psychosocial Oncology
CONJ Canadian Oncology Nursing Journal
COS Canadian Oncology Society
CROS Canadian Radiation Oncology Services
CECOG Central European Cooperative Oncology Group
CPON Certified Pediatric Oncology Nurse
CSO Certified Specialist in Oncology Nutrition
CHOA Childhood Hematology Oncology Associates
CHOC Children’s Haematology Oncology Clinics
COG Children’s Oncology Group
CSCO Chinese Society of Clinical Oncology
CJON Clinical Journal of Oncology Nursing
COIN Clinical Oncology Information Network
COP Clinical Oncology Program
CCOP Community Clinical Oncology Program
CORE Comparative Oncology Resource Exchange
COPS Computerized Oncology Profile System
CTOS Connective Tissue Oncology Society
COP Cutaneous Oncology Program
DCOP Dayton Clinical Oncology Program
DOEP Dental Oncology Education Program
DRO Department of Radiation Oncology
DDOP Division of Drug Oncology Products
DGOG Dutch Gynaecological Oncology Group
ECOG Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group
EJO Electronic Journal of Oncology
EADO European Association of Dermato-Oncology
EANO European Association of Neuro-Oncology
ECOLE European Collaboration in Oncology Literature Evaluation
ECIO European Conference on Interventional Oncology
ESO European School of Oncology
ESMO European Society for Medical Oncology
ESTRO European Society for Therapeutic Radiology and Oncology
ESGO European Society of Gynaecological Oncology
FORDS Facility Oncology Registry Data Standards
FARGO Foundation for Applied Research in Gastrointestinal Oncology
GPOH German Paediatric Oncology and Haematology Society
GOG Gynecologic Oncology Group
HONI Hematology & Oncology News and Issues
HOAI Hematology Oncology Associates of Illinois
HOG Hoosier Oncology Group
HER2 Human EGF Receptor 2 (oncology)
HOPP Human Oncology and Pathogenesis Program
ITOR Institute for Translational Oncology Research
IOTF Interagency Oncology Task Force
ICD-O International Classification of Diseases for Oncology
ICDO International Classification of Diseases for Oncology
ICTR International Conference on Translational Research and Pre-Clinical Strategies in Radiation Oncology
ICHO International Congress on Hyperthermic Oncology
IJO International Journal of Oncology
IPOS International Psycho-Oncology Society
ISPO International Society for Preventive Oncology
ISOO International Society of Ocular Oncology
ISRO International Society of Radiation Oncology
ITMO Italian Trials in Medical Oncology
JASTRO Japanese Society for Therapeutic Radiology and Oncology
JSPO Japanese Society of Pediatric Oncology
JROC Jeppesen Radiation Oncology Center
JHHOC Johns Hopkins Hospital Oncology Center
JOHA Joliet Oncology Hematology Associates
JCO Journal of Clinical Oncology
JEPTO Journal of Environmental Pathology, Toxicology and Oncology
JOC Journal of Oncology
JOPP Journal of Oncology Pharmacy Practice
JSO Journal of Surgical Oncology
LSMO Lebanese Society of Medical Oncology
MSHO Michigan Society of Hematology and Oncology
MAOP Mid Atlantic Oncology Program
MSCO Minnesota Society of Clinical Oncology
MBCCOP Minority-Based Community Clinical Oncology Program
MORI Monash Oncology Research Institute
NODB National Oncology Database
NCPO Nature Clinical Practice Oncology
NEVOG New England Veterinary Oncology Group
NHOH New Hampshire Oncology-Hematology
NVOG Northen Virginia Oncology Group
NCOG Northern California Oncology Group
NNECOS Northern New England Clinical Oncology Society
NOEP Nurse Oncology Education Program
OBR Oncology Business Review
OCMU Oncology Centre, Mansoura University
OCN Oncology Certified Nurse
OCTO Oncology Clinical Trials Office
ODU Oncology Data Unit
OHA Oncology Hematology Associates
OIP Oncology in Practice
OIS Oncology Information System
OMC Oncology Management Consulting Group
ONI Oncology News International
ONF Oncology Nursing Forum
ONN Oncology Nursing News
ONS Oncology Nursing Society
OPMAS Oncology Patient Management Audit System
OPPS Oncology Practice Pattern Study
ORU Oncology Research Unit
OTN Oncology Therapeutics Network
OTTAT Oncology Treatment Toxicity Assessment Tool
OHOA Oregon Hematology Oncology Associates
OROS Oregon Radiation Oncology Society
PODC Paediatric Oncology in the Developing Countries
PONF Paediatric Oncology Nurses Forum
POG Pediatric Oncology Group
POGO Pediatric Oncology Group of Ontario
PSOH Pennsylvania Society of Oncology and Hematology
PAAROT Performance Assessment for the Advancement of Radiation Oncology Treatment
POAA Preventive Oncology Academic Award
PSONS Puget Sound Oncology Nursing Society
QOPI Quality Oncology Practice Initiative
ROCC Radiation Oncology Certified Coder
RORL Radiation Oncology Research Laboratory
ROSP Radiation Oncology Sciences Program
ROSCOE Radiation Oncology System Computer Operating Environment
ROTC Radiation Oncology Tripartite Committee
RTO Radiation Therapy Oncology
RMOS Rocky Mountain Oncology Society
SROC Saginaw Radiation Oncology Center
SAOP Senior Adult Oncology Program
SICRO ShangHai International Conference on Radiation Oncology
SWOG Social Work Oncology Group
SWON Social Work Oncology Network
SSO Society of Surgical Oncology
SAOC South African Oncology Consortium
SASMO South African Society of Medical Oncology
SAO Southern Association for Oncology
SWOG Southwest Oncology Group
SUMO Surgery and Molecular Oncology
TPOG Taiwan Pediatric Oncology Group
TROG Tasman Radiation Oncology Group
TURNOVER Tennessee Oncology
TO Tennessee Oncology
TOGO Tennessee Oncology
MIRO The Michigan Institute of Radiation Oncology
TORG Thoracic Oncology Research Group
VASOG Veterans Administration Surgical Oncology Group
VOA Virginia Oncology Associates
WCIO World Conference on Interventional Oncology
WJSO World Journal of Surgical Oncology