Commonly Used Acronyms in ACRIN Clinical Trials
ACRIN research associates are likely to hear a number of the following acronyms referred to
on conference calls or see them referenced in protocols or on the ACRIN Web site.
ACNP
ACOR
ACOSOG
ACR
ACRP
AIM
AIUM
ASCO
BDMC
BIP
CaBig
CALGB
CAQ
CDUS
CIP
CRA
CRF
CT
CTC
CTEP
DCE-MRI
DICOM
DM
DMC
DMIST
DSMC
DWI
ECOG
FDG-PET
FIGO
GCP
GOG
GQA
HIPAA
IC
IEC
IND
IPC
IRB
MQSA
MRA
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American College of Nuclear Physicians
Association of Cancer Online Resources
American College of Surgeons Oncology Group
American College of Radiology
Association of Clinical Research Professionals
Image Annotation markup
American Institute of Ultrasound in Medicine
American Society of Clinical Oncology
Biostatistics and Data Monitoring Center
Biomedical Imaging Program
Cancer Biomedical Informatics Grid
Cancer and Leukemia Group B
Certificate of Added Qualifications
Clinical Data Update System
Cancer Imaging Program
Clinical Research Associate
Case Report Form
Computed tomography
Computerized tomographic colonography
Cancer Therapy Evaluation Program
Dynamic contrast-enhanced MRI
Digital imaging and communication in medicine
Data management
Data Monitoring Committee
Digital Mammographic Imaging Screening Trial
Data and Safety Monitoring Committee
Diffusion-weighted imaging
Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group
Fluorodeoxyglucose PET
International Federation of Gynecology and Obstetrics
Good clinical practice
Gynecology Oncology Group
General Qualifying Application
Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act
Informed consent
Independent Ethics Committee
Investigational new drug
Institutional Participants Committee
Institutional Review Board
Mammography Quality Standards Act
Magnetic resonance angiography
MRgFUS
MRI
MRSI
NABTT
NCCTG
NCIA
NCI LSS
NCS
NLST
NRC
NSABP
NSCLC
OHRP
PBTC
PDRC
PET
PHI
PI
PLCO
PSA
PTV
QARC
RA
RC
RFA
ROC
RTOG
SAE
SoCRA
SOP
SPECT
SWOG
USPIO
VIEW
XIP
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MR-guided focused ultrasound
Magnetic resonance imaging
Magnetic resonance spectroscopic imaging
New Approaches to Brain Tumor Therapy
North Central Cancer Treatment Group
National Cancer Imaging Archive
National Cancer Institute Lung Screening Study
Networking and Communications Subcommittee
National Lung Screening Trial
Nuclear Regulatory Commission
National Surgical Adjuvant Breast and Bowel Project
Non–small-cell lung cancer
Office for Human Research Protections
Pedi Brain Tumor Consortium
Protocol Development and Regulatory Compliance
Positron emission tomography
Protected health information
Principal Investigator
Prostate, lung, colorectal and ovarian cancer screening trial
Protocol-specific Application
Primary tumor volume
Quality Assurance Review Center
Research Associate
Research Coordinator
Radiofrequency ablation
Receiver operating characteristic
Radiation Therapy Oncology Group
Serious adverse event
Society of Clinical Research Associates
Standard operating procedure
Single-photon emission CT
Southwest Oncology Group
Ultrasmall particle superparamagnetic iron oxide
Virtual Imaging Evaluation Workspace
EXtensible Imaging Platform