Abbreviations: Cancer incidence in Canada: trends and projections (1983-2032) - HPCDP: Volume 35, Supplement 1, Spring 2015

Abbreviations

AIDS acquired immunodeficiency syndrome
ALL acute lymphocytic leukemia
AML acute myeloid leukemia
APC age-period-cohort (model)
ASIR age-standardized incidence rate
BMI body mass index
CCR Canadian Cancer Registry
CI confidence interval
CLL chronic lymphocytic leukemia
CML chronic myeloid leukemia
CNS central nervous system
DCO death certificate only
DNA deoxyribonucleic acid
EBV Epstein-Barr virus
GERD gastroesophageal reflux disease
HBV hepatitis B virus
HCV hepatitis C virus
HIV human immunodeficiency virus
HL Hodgkin lymphoma
HPV human papilloma virus
HTLV-1 human T-cell lymphotropic virus type 1
IARC International Agency for Research on Cancer
ICD-9 International Classification of Diseases, Ninth Revision
ICD-O-3 International Classification of Diseases for Oncology, Third Edition
MCMC Markov chain Monte Carlo
MGUS monoclonal gammopathy of undetermined significance
MM multiple myeloma
NCIRS National Cancer Incidence Reporting System
NHL non-Hodgkin lymphoma
PSA prostate-specific antigen (assay)
TC Territories combined
UK United Kingdom
US United States