Anti-androgen therapy. The following acronyms all mean the same thing: MIB-anti-hormone blockade, CAA- complete androgen ablation, CAB- combined androgen blockage or blockade, CAD- complete or combined androgen deprivation, CHD- complete or combined hormone deprivation, CHT- complete or combined hormone therapy, MAA- maximum androgen ablation, MAB- maximum androgen blockade, NAA- neoadjuvant ablation, (hormone therapy before surgery or radiation), NAB- neoadjuvant blockade, TAA- total androgen ablation, TAD- total androgen deprivation, TAS- total androgen suppression, IHT- intermittent hormone treatment. There are no doubt other acronyms for this therapy that means the same thing. Some of the doctors must sit up at night thinking up new acronyms for this single type of treatment. There should be some kind of law or standards for the use of acronyms.