| AFAP | Attenuert familiær adenomatøs polypose |
| antiTPO | Thyroidea peroxidase antistoff |
| ATA | American Thyroid Association |
| ATC | Anaplastisk thyroideocarcinom |
| BRAF | proto-oncogene B-Raf |
| BTA | British Thyroid Association |
| CEA | Carcinoembryonalt antigen |
| CT | Computertomografi |
| DTC | Differensiert thyroideacancer |
| FAP | Familiær adenomatøs polypose |
| FDG | Fluourodeoxyglucose |
| FDOPA | Fluorodopa |
| FNA(C) | Finnålsaspirasjonscytologi |
| FNMTC | familiær ikke-medullær thyroideakreft |
| FT3 | Trijodthyronin |
| FT4 | fri thyroxin |
| MEN | Multippel endokrin neoplasi |
| MR | Magnettomografi |
| MTC | Medullær thyroidea cancer |
| NaF | Natrium Fluorid (PET) |
| NCI | National Cancer Institute |
| NIFTP | noninvasiv folliculær thyroida neoplasme med papillære kjerneforandringer |
| PACS | Picture Archiving and Communication System |
| PDTC | Poorly differentiated thyroid cancer |
| PET | Positronemisjonstomografi |
| proGRP | Pro-gastrin-releasing peptide |
| PTC | Papillær thyroidea cancer |
| PTH | Parathyroideahormon |
| RET | receptor tyrosine kinase protooncogen |
| rhTSH | rekombinant humant Thyroidea stimulerende hormon |
| RPMI-rør | Roswell Park Memorial Institute medium-rør |
| SPECT | Single-photon emission computed tomography |
| Tg | Thyroglobulin |
| TRAS | Thyroid reseptor antistoff |
| TSH | Thyroidea stimulerende hormon |
| TTF | Thyroid transcription factor |
| UICC | Union internationale contre le cancer |
| VUS | Variant med usikker betydning |
| WBS | Whole body scan |