There are many places to find the meanings of various acronyms, abbreviations, and other words used in discussing prostate cancer. On this website, I have put the meaning of acronyms/definitions in sections where they are used. Here we provide links to some of the on-line resources and some new definitions that we are now using in our discussions of hrpca.

HDPC - high dose pulsed calcitriol (.5mcg/kg of body weight, one per week, day before having taxotere).

LATP - an attempt to define a 'treatment packet'.  In this case, L=leukine and A=accutane.

TDE - Transdermal Estrogen Patches. A source of estradiol. Useful as a 2nd line hormone therapy.

ASCO has a website at www.plwc.org. There is a four part series of pages explaining various terms. Cancer Terms to Know: Part I. Basic Oncology Terms;  Part II. Newly Diagnosed; Part III. During Treatment; Part IV. After Treatment.  There are some links at the end of each section that are worthwhile visiting.

The Prostate Cancer Research Institute has an excellent glossary. It is located at:

http://www.prostate-cancer.org/resource/glossary.html.

The USA National Institutes of Health website has an on-line medical encyclopedia as well as a dictionary that is very useful. It is located at:

http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/prostatecancer.html

The Phoenix5 website has a prostate cancer glossary with over 500 terms, including synonyms, acronyms and slang words. Go to 

http://www.phoenix5.org and click on the PCa glossary link.

RadiologyInfo™ is the Public Information Web site developed and funded by the American College of Radiology (ACR) and the Radiological Society of North America (RSNA). They have a glossary of terms located at:

http://www.radiologyinfo.org/glossary/glossary1.cfm

Don Cooley has a list of acronyms, abbreviations and a Glossary.