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Abbreviations and Acronyms

3D-CRT conformal RT
ADT androgen deprivation therapy
AHRQ Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
AMSTAR Assessment of Multiple Systematic Reviews tool
ANOVA analysis of variance
AS active surveillance
AUA American Urological Association
BT Brachytherapy
CaPSURE Cancer of the Prostate Strategic Urologic Research Endeavor
CCRCT Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials
CDC Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
CDP Consensus Development Program
CDSR Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews
CE cost-effectiveness
CEA cost-effectiveness analysis
DRE digital rectal examination
EBRT external beam RT
EPC Evidence-based Practice Center
EPIC Expanded Prostate Cancer Index Composite
Gy Gray (unit of radiation dose)
HMO health maintenance organization
HTA Health Technology Assessment
ICER Institute for Clinical and Economic Review
IMRT intensity modulated RT
KQ Key Question
NCDB National Cancer Database
NCHS National Center for Health Statistics
NCI National Cancer Institute
NIH National Institutes of Health
OS overall survival
PAP prostate acid phosphatase
PCOS Prostate Cancer Outcomes Study
PIVOT Prostate cancer Intervention Versus Observation Trial
POCS Patterns of Care Study
PPO preferred provider organization
ProtecT Prostate Testing for Cancer and Treatment trial
PSA prostate-specific antigen
QoL quality of life
QoL-CS quality of life-cancer survivors
RCT randomized controlled trial
RP radical prostatectomy
RT radiation therapy (radiotherapy)
SEER Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results Program of the NCI
TEP Technical Expert Panel
TOO Task Order Officer

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