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What does CA stand for?

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CA: A Cancer Journal for Clinicians
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http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/10.3322/%28ISSN%291542-4863

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[+3] - ossobuco - 06/30/2012That depends. Often it is a reference about California. But in the context you ask, it's shorthand for carcinoma.

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@oristarA,

That depends. Often it is a reference about California.

But in the context you ask, it's shorthand for carcinoma.

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@oristarA,

Beats me, Ori, but I surmise that that's the journal's name.

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Sometimes it is a shortform for Canada.

In medical records, it's usually the physician's shortform for cancer.

dx: ca

diagnosis : cancer

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@ehBeth,

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_medical_abbreviations:_C

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CA carcinoma / cancer

Ca calcium / carcinoma / cancer

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what I said.

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Thank you all.

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