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The following HTML text is provided to enhance online readability. Many aspects of typography translate only awkwardly to HTML. Please use the page image as the authoritative form to ensure accuracy. NCCS: National Coalition of Cancer Survivors NCDB: National Cancer Data Base NCI: National Cancer Institute NCPB: National Cancer Policy Board NCQA: National Committee for Quality Assurance NHL: non-Hodgkin's lymphoma NIH: National Institutes of Health NLM: National Library of Medicine NSCLC: non-small-cell lung cancer NSGCT: nonseminomatous germ cell tumors OASIS: Outcomes and Assessment Information Set OR: odds ratio PBGH: Pacific Business Group on Health PCE: Patient Care Evaluation PDQ: Physician Data Query PHS: Public Health Service PIVOT: Prostate Cancer Intervention Versus Observation Trial PLCO: prostate, lung, colorectal, and ovarian PORT: Patient Outcomes Research Teams PPIP: Put Prevention into Practice PPO: preferred provider organizations PRO: peer review organizations PSA: prostate-specific antigen PTCA: percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty RCT: randomized controlled trials ResDAC: Research Data Assistance Center RP: radical prostatectomy RR: relative risk SEER: Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results Program SSA: Social Security Administration SSI: Supplemental Security Income TNM: tumor-node-metastasis TQM: total quality management TRUS: transrectal ultrasound USAMRMC: United States Army Medical Research and Materiel Command USPSTF: United States Preventive Services Task Force VA: Department of Veterans Affairs
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