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Acronyms and Abbreviations
ACS American Cancer Society
AHRQ Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
ASCO American Society of Clinical Oncology
CIS Cancer Information Service
DCTD Division of Cancer Treatment and Diagnosis
HCFA Health Care Financing Administration
HELP Hospitalized Elderly Longitudinal Project
HRSA Health Resources and Services Administration
IOM Institute of Medicine
JCAHO Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations
MDS Minimum Data Set
MedPAC Medicare Payment Advisory Commission
NCCN National Comprehensive Cancer Network
NCI National Cancer Institute
NCPB National Cancer Policy Board
NIAID National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases
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NIH National Institutes of Health
NINR National Institute of Nursing Research
NMFBS National Mortality Followback Survey
PCP President's Cancer Panel
PDIA Project on Death in America
PDQ Physician Data Query
RWJF Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
SEER Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results Program
SUPPORT Study to Understand Prognoses and Preferences for Outcomes and Risks of Treatment
VA Department of Veterans Affairs
WHO World Health Organization