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  2. Excepted service - Wikipedia

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    The excepted service is the part of the United States federal civil service that is not part of either the competitive service or the Senior Executive Service. It allows streamlined hiring processes to be used under certain circumstances.

  3. Standardized uptake value - Wikipedia

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    3-dimensional [18 F]FDG-PET image with 3D ROI generated by a threshold based algorithm.The blue dot in the MIP image bottom right marks the maximum SUV within the ROI.. The standardized uptake value (SUV) is a nuclear medicine term, used in positron emission tomography (PET) as well as in modern calibrated single photon emission tomography (SPECT) imaging for a semiquantitative analysis. [1]

  4. List of medical abbreviations: C - Wikipedia

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    Chirurgiae Magister, Master of Surgery (British and Commonwealth countries medical degree) Caucasian male cardiomyopathy: CMD: cystic medial degeneration: CME: continuing medical education: CML: chronic myelogenous leukemia, also called chronic myeloid leukaemia CMML: chronic myelomonocytic leukemia: CMO: comfort measures only (palliative care ...

  5. PET response criteria in solid tumors - Wikipedia

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    PET response criteria in solid tumors (PERCIST) is a set of rules that define when tumors in cancer patients improve ("respond"), stay the same ("stabilize"), or worsen ("progress") during treatment, using positron emission tomography (PET). The criteria were published in May 2009 in the Journal of Nuclear Medicine (JNM). [1]

  6. List of medical abbreviations: S - Wikipedia

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    statement of medical necessity SMS: senior medical student SMT: spinal manipulative therapy: SMV: superior mesenteric vein: SN: student nurse skilled nursing SNB: sentinel node biopsy (ductal carcinoma) SNF: skilled nursing facility: SNHL: sensorineural hearing loss: SNP: sodium nitroprusside single nucleotide polymorphism: SNRI: serotonin ...

  7. List of medical abbreviations: X - Wikipedia

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  8. Limited-stage small cell lung carcinoma - Wikipedia

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    As a result of the change in policy from targeting all nodal stations by radiotherapy ports to target only obviously involved nodal stations, the definition of the limited disease varies. [4] According to a broad medical consensus, limited-stage small cell lung carcinoma is generally considered to be encompassed within a radiation portal.

  9. Oncology - Wikipedia

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    Oncology is a branch of medicine that deals with the study, treatment, diagnosis, and prevention of cancer.A medical professional who practices oncology is an oncologist. [1]