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Association 	Acronym 	Target Audience 	Guidelines (Y/N)	Year of initiation
Aplastic Anemia & MDS International Foundation 	AA & MDSIF 	Histology-specific 	N 	1983
American Academy of Hospice and Palliative Medicine 	AAHPM 	Hospice 	N 	1988
American Association for Cancer Education 	AACE 	General Cancer 	N 	1947
American Association for Cancer Research 	AACR 	General Cancer 	N 	1907
American Brachytherapy Society 	ABS 	Radiation Oncology 	Y 	1978
Association of Community Cancer Centers 	ACCC 	General Cancer 	N 	1974
American College of Surgeons 	AcoS 	Surgical Oncology 	Y 	1913
American College of Physicians 	ACP 	General Medicine 	Y 	1915
Association of Cancer Physicians 	ACP 	General Cancer 	N 	-
American College of Radiology 	ACR 	Radiology 	N 	1923
American College of Radiation Oncology 	ACRO 	Radiation Oncology 	N 	-
American Cancer Society 	ACS 	General Cancer 	Y 	1913
American Head & Neck Society 	AHNS 	Histology-specific 	Y 	-
American Joint Committee on Cancer 	AJCC 	General Cancer 	N 	1959
American Medical Association 	AMA 	General Medicine 	N 	1847
Association for Molecular Pathology 	AMP 	Pathology 	Y 	1995
American Osteopathic Association 	AOA 	General Medicine 	Y 	1897
Academy of Oncology Nurse & Patient Navigators 	AONN+ 	Nursing 	N 	2009
African Organisation for Research and Training in Cancer 	AORTIC 	General Cancer 	N 	1983
Association for Pathology Informatics 	API 	Pathology 	N 	2000
Association of Residents in Radiation Oncology 	ARRO 	Radiation Oncology 	N 	-
American Radium Society 	ARS 	Radiation Oncology 	N 	1916
American Society for Transplantation and Cellular Therapy 	ASTCT (formerly ASBMT)	Transplant-specific	Y 	2019
American Society for Clinical Pathology 	ASCP 	Pathology 	Y 	1922
American Society for Radiation Oncology 	ASTRO 	Radiation Oncology 	Y 	1958
American Society of Breast Surgeons 	ASBrS 	Surgical Oncology 	Y 	1995
American Society of Clinical Oncology 	ASCO 	General Cancer 	Y 	1964
American Society of Colon & Rectal Surgeons 	ASCRS 	Surgical Oncology 	Y 	1899
American Society of Hematology 	ASH 	Hematology 	Y 	1958
American Society of Pediatric Hematology/Oncology 	ASPHO 	Pediatric oncology 	N 	1981
American Society of Preventive Oncology 	ASPO 	General Cancer 	N 	1976
American Urological Association 	AUA 	Surgical Oncology 	Y 	1902
British Association of Head & Neck Oncologists 	BAHNO 	Histology-specific 	N 	1967
Association for Cancer Surgery 	BASO 	Surgical Oncology 	N 	1971
British Neuro-Oncology Society 	BNOS 	Histology-specific 	N 	1980
British Society of Bone Marrow Transplantation 	BSBMT 	Transplant-specific	N 	-
British Society of Gastroenterology 	BSG 	Histology-Specific 	Y 	1937
British Society for Haematology 	BSH 	Hematology 	Y 	1960
College of American Pathologists 	CAP 	Pathology 	Y 	1946
Canadian Association of Radiologists 	CAR 	Radiology 	Y 	1937
Castleman Disease Collaborative Network 	CDCN 	Histology-specific 	Y 	2012
Cancer Informatics for Cancer Centers 	CI4CC 	Informatics 	N 	2012
Center for International Blood & Marrow Transplant Research 	CIBMTR 	Transplant-specific	Y 	-
Iberoamerican Coalition for Research in Breast Oncology (Coalición Iberoamericana De Investigación En Oncología) 	CIBOMA 	Histology-specific 	- 	-
Clinical Oncology Society of Australia 	COSA 	General Cancer 	Y 	1973
Chinese Society for Clinical Oncology 	CSCO 	General Cancer 	N 	1997
German Society of Hematology and Medical Oncology (Deutsche Gesellschaft für Hämatologie und Medizinische Onkologie)	DGHO 	General Cancer 	- 	-
European Association for Cancer Education 	EACE 	General Cancer 	N 	-
European Association of Neuro-Oncology 	EANO 	Histology-specific 	Y 	1994
European Association for the Study of the Liver 	EASL 	Histology-specific 	Y 	1966
European Association of Urology 	EAU 	Urologic Oncology 	Y 	1973
European Society for Blood and Marrow Transplantation 	EBMT 	Transplant-specific	N 	1974
European Hematology Association 	EHA 	Hematology 	Y 	1992
Euro-Histio-Net 	EHN 	Histology-specific 	N 	2016
European Head & Neck Society 	EHNS 	Histology-specific 	Y 	2006
European Neuroendocrine Tumor Society 	ENETS 	Histology-specific 	Y 	-
European Organisation for Research and Treatment of Cancer 	EORTC 	General cancer 	Y 	1962
European School of Oncology 	ESO 	General cancer 	N 	1982
European Society of Pathology 	ESP 	Pathology 	Y 	1964
European LeukemiaNet 	ELN 	Histology-specific 	Y 	-
European Myeloma Network 	EMN 	Histology-specific 	Y 	2005
European Society of Gynaecological Oncology 	ESGO 	Histology-specific 	Y 	1983
European Society for Medical Oncology 	ESMO 	General Cancer 	Y 	1975
European Society of Surgical Oncology 	ESSO 	Surgical Oncology 	N 	1981
European Society for Radiotherapy and Oncology 	ESTRO 	Radiation Oncology 	Y 	1980
European Reference Network for Rare Adult Solid Cancers 	EURACAN 	Histology-specific 	N 	2017
European Society of Breast Cancer Specialists 	EUSOMA 	Histology-specific 	Y 	1986
Federación Latinoamericana de Mastologia 	FLAM 	Histology-specific 	- 	-
German Cancer Society 	GCS 	General Cancer 	N 	-
Spanish Lung Cancer Group 	GECP 	Histology-specific 	Y 	1991
Spanish Group for Breast Cancer Research 	GEICAM 	Histology-specific 	Y 	-
Spanish Sarcoma Research Group 	GEIS 	Histology-specific 	Y 	1993
Spanish Multidisciplinary Group on Digestive Cancer 	GEMCAD 	Histology-specific 	Y 	2006
European Reference Network for Genetic Tumour Risk Syndromes 	GENTURIS 	Histology-specific 	Y 	2017
Spanish Group of Neuroendocrine and Endocrine Tumors 	GETNE 	Histology-specific 	Y 	2005
Spanish Lymphoma Oncology Group 	GOTEL 	Histology-specific 	Y 	-
Hospice and Palliative Nurses Association 	HPNA 	Hospice 	N 	1998
Hematology/Oncology Pharmacy Association 	HOPA 	Pharmacy 	Y 	2004
Hospice & Palliative Nurses Association 	HPNA 	Hospice 	N 	1986
International Association of Cancer Registries 	IACR 	Cancer Registry 	Y 	1966
International Association for the Study of Lung Cancer 	IASLC 	Histology-specific 	Y 	1974
International Collaboration on Cancer Reporting 	ICCR 	Pathology 	N 	2009
International Extranodal Lymphoma Study Group 	IELSG 	Histology-specific 	N 	1997
International Federation of Head and Neck Oncologic Societies 	IFHNOS 	Histology-specific 	N 	1987
International Gynecologic Cancer Society 	IGCS 	Histology-specific 	N 	1987
International Liver Cancer Association 	ILCA 	Histology-specific 	Y 	2007
International Myeloma Foundation 	IMF 	Histology-specific 	Y 	1990
International Network for Cancer Treatment and Research 	INCTR 	General Cancer 	N 	2000
International Neoadjuvant Melanoma Consortium 	INMC 	Histology-specific 	- 	-
Institute of Medicine of the National Academies 	IOM 	General Medicine 	- 	1970
International Society of Amyloidosis 	ISA 	Histology-specific 	Y 	1967
Indian Society of Medical and Pediatric Oncology 	ISMPO 	General Cancer 	- 	1973
International Society for Radiation Oncology 	ISRO 	Radiation Oncology 	N 	1981
International Society of Stereotactic Radiosurgery 	ISRS 	Radiation Oncology 	Y 	1991
International Society of Gastrointestinal Oncology 	ISGIO 	Histology-specific 	N 	2003
International Society of Nurses in Cancer Care 	ISNCC 	Nursing 	Y 	1984
International Society of Oncology Pharmacy Practioners 	ISOPP 	Pharmacy 	N 	-
Japanese Society for Cancer of the Colon and Rectum 	JSCCR 	Histology-specific 	Y 	-
Japanese Society of Clinical Oncology 	JSCO 	General Cancer 	Y 	1963
Japanese Society of Medical Oncology 	JSMO 	General Cancer 	Y 	2002
Kidney Cancer Association 	KCA 	Histology-specific 	N 	1990
Korean Society of Medical Oncology 	KSMO 	General cancer 	N 	-
Latin American Cooperative Oncology Group 	LACOG 	General cancer 	N 	2009
Leukemia & Lymphoma Society 	LLS 	Hematology 	N 	1949
Myelodysplastic Syndromes Foundation 	MDS Foundation 	Hematology 	N 	-
Multiple Myeloma Research Foundation 	MMRF 	Hematology 	N 	1998
Malaysian Oncological Society 	MOS 	General cancer 	Y 	1976
North American Association of Central Cancer Registries 	NAACCR 	Cancer Registry 	N 	1987
North American Neuroendocrine Tumor Society 	NANETS 	Histology-specific 	Y 	2007
National Comprehensive Cancer Network 	NCCN 	General Cancer 	Y 	1995
National Coalition for Cancer Survivorship 	NCCS 	Survivorship 	N 	1986
National Cancer Institute 	NCI 	General Cancer 	Y 	1937
National Community Oncology Dispensing Association 	NCODA 	Pharmacy 	N 	-
National Cancer Registrars Association 	NCRA 	Cancer Registry 	N 	1974
National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization 	NHPCO 	Hospice 	N 	1978
National Immunotherapy Coalition 	NIC 	General Cancer 	- 	-
National Marrow Donor Program 	NMDP 	Transplant-specific	N 	1981
CDC National Program of Cancer Registries 	NPCR 	Cancer Registry 	N 	1992
Oncology Nursing Society 	ONS 	Nursing 	Y 	1975
European Reference Network for Paediatric Oncology 	PaedCan 	Pediatric oncology 	N 	-
Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute 	PCORI 	General Medicine 	N 	-
Royal College of Pathologists 	RCP 	Pathology 	Y 	1962
The Royal College of Pathologists of Australasia 	RCPA 	Pathology 	Y 	1956
Radiological Society of North America 	RSNA 	Radiology 	N 	1915
Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results Program 	SEER 	Cancer Registry 	Y 	1973
Spanish Society of Medical Oncology 	SEOM 	General Cancer 	Y 	1976
Society for Integrative Oncology 	SIO 	Supportive oncology	Y 	2003
International Society of Geriatric Oncology 	SIOG 	General Cancer 	Y 	2000
International Society of Pediatric Oncology 	SIOP 	Pediatric oncology 	Y 	1969
European Society of Pediatric Oncology 	SIOPe 	Pediatric Oncology 	Y 	1998
Society for Immunotherapy of Cancer 	SITC 	Treatment-specific 	Y 	1984
Society for NeuroOncology 	SNO 	Histology-specific 	N 	1995
Spanish Oncology Genito Urinary Group 	SOGUG 	Histology-specific 	Y 	1998
Spanish Group for Study, Treatment and Other Experimental Strategies in Solid Tumors 	SOLTI 	General Cancer 	- 	-
Society for Radiation Oncology Administrators 	SROA 	Radiation Oncology 	N 	1984
Society of Gynecologic Oncology 	SGO 	Histology-specific 	Y 	1969
Society of Surgical Oncology 	SSO 	Surgical Oncology 	Y 	1940
Singapore Society of Oncology 	SSO 	General Cancer 	N 	1981
Society of Urologic Oncology 	SUO 	Histology-specific 	Y 	1984
The Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Radiologists 	RANZCR 	Radiology 	Y 	1935
Taiwan Oncology Society 	TOS 	General cancer 	N 	1980
Digestive Tumor Treatment Group 	TTD 	Histology-specific 	Y 	1986
UK Myeloma Forum 	UKMF 	Histology-specific 	Y 	2019
Union Internationale Contre le Cancer (International Union Against Cancer) 	UICC 	General Cancer 	N 	1933
United States and Canadian Academy of Pathology 	USCAP 	Pathology 	N 	1906
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