Cancerhelp (Cancer Research UK) who provide all aspects of information for people with cancer. Their contact details are: Tel: 0808 800 4040 (freephone) Or their website at: http://cancerhelp.cancerresearchuk.org/ Myeloma UK, Lower Ground Floor, 37 York Place, Edinburgh, EH1 3HP Freephone: 0800 980 3332; Glossary Abbreviation Full Name What it means X-Rays to create a 2D picture of inside the body. scan Computer Tomography The image produced is very detailed. A test that measures the electrical impulses that make ECG Electrocardiogram your beat. Drugs administered into a vein are administered I.V. Intravenous intravenously. Many chemotherapy drugs are given this way. a magnetic field to create a picture of inside the Magnetic Resonance MRI scan body. This is very useful for telling the difference Imaging scan between muscle, soft tissue and bone. A scan uses a radioactive tracer put into the blood Multiple-gated acquisition MUGA scan and a gamma camera to capture a moving image of scan your heartbeat. A PET-CT combines a CT scan with a amount of a Positron Emission radioactive drug injected. This allows active cells to PET-CT scan Tomography– Computer show up on the scan, some of which will be cancer Tomography cells. A tube placed into a vein and kept in place for several Peripherally inserted central days. This allows drugs to be given repeatedly or PICC line catheter continuously without patients having to stay in hospital, and avoids repeated needle sticks. This is the organisation that takes responsibility for the UCL University College London running of the trial, known as the Sponsor. Cancer Research UK & UCL The organisation carrying out the day to day work on UCL CTC Cancer Trials Centre the trial.
Cancerhelp (Cancer Research UK) who provide all aspects of information for people with cancer. Their contact details are: Tel: 0808 800 4040 (freephone) Or their website at: http://cancerhelp.cancerresearchuk.org/ Myeloma UK, Lower Ground Floor, 37 York Place, Edinburgh, EH1 3HP Freephone: 0800 980 3332; Glossary Abbreviation Full Name What it means scan Computer Tomography X-Rays to create a 2D picture of inside the body. The image produced is very detailed. ECG Electrocardiogram A test that measures the electrical impulses that make your beat. I.V. Intravenous Drugs administered into a vein are administered intravenously. Many chemotherapy drugs are given this way. MRI scan Magnetic Resonance Imaging scan a magnetic field to create a picture of inside the body. This is very useful for telling the difference between muscle, soft tissue and bone. MUGA scan Multiple-gated acquisition scan A scan uses a radioactive tracer put into the blood and a gamma camera to capture a moving image of your heartbeat. PET-CT scan Positron Emission Tomography– Computer Tomography A PET-CT combines a CT scan with a amount of a radioactive drug injected. This allows active cells to show up on the scan, some of which will be cancer cells. PICC line Peripherally inserted central catheter A tube placed into a vein and kept in place for several days. This allows drugs to be given repeatedly or continuously without patients having to stay in hospital, and avoids repeated needle sticks. UCL University College London This is the organisation that takes responsibility for the running of the trial, known as the Sponsor. UCL CTC Cancer Research UK & UCL Cancer Trials Centre The organisation carrying out the day to day work on the trial.