PEG -P[Gu]	Poly(ethylene glycol)-poly(glutamic acid)
Akt	Protein kinase B
ANK	Ankyrin repeats
APC	Adenomatous polyposis coli
AREG	Amphiregulin
ATM	Ataxia telangiectasia mutated
ATR	Ataxia-telangiectasia and Rad3 related
Bax	B-cell lymphoma associated X protein
BCl-2	B-cell lymphoma
BLM	Bleomycin
BRCA1	Breast cancer type 1 gene
CA9	Carbonic anhydrase 9
CDF	Curcumin-difluorinated
c-Met	Mesenchymal-epithelial transition factor
CSCs	Cancer stem cells
CTCs	circulating tumor cells
ctDNA	Circulating tumor DNA
DDAB	Dimethyl octadecyl ammonium bromide
DDP	Cisplatin
DL	Delta-like
EBV	Epstein-Barr virus
ECD	Extracellular domain
EGFR	Epidermal growth factor receptor
EMT	Epithelial-mesenchymal transition EMT
ERK	Extracellular signal-regulated kinase
EVs	extracellular vesicles
FA	Folate
FBXW7	F-Box and WD repeat domain containing
FGF2	Fibroblast growth factor-2
FR	Folate receptor
Gab1	Growth factor receptor bound protein 2 associated binder 1
GLUT1	Glucose transporter 1
GNR	Gold nanorods
GNS	Gold nanoshells
GSK-3β	Glycogen synthase kinase-3-β
HCV	Hepatitis C virus
HGF	Hepatocyte growth factor
HIF-1α	Hypoxia-inducible factor-1α
HIOEC	Human immortalized oral epithelial cells
HMGA2	High mobility group protein 2
HNSCCs	Head and neck squamous cell carcinomas
HPV	Human papilloma virus
HT	Hyperthermia
IGF-1R	Insulin-like growth factor-1 receptor
iNOP	Interfering nanoparticles
IRS-1	Insulin receptor substrate-1
JAG	Jagged
JAK	Janus kinase
KRAS	Kirsten rat sarcoma 3
Leuk1	Precancerous leukoplakia
Ma	Macrophages
MAPK	Mitogen-activated protein kinase
MDC1	Mediator of DNA damage checkpoint 1
MiRNAs	MicroRNAs
MNPs	Superparamagnetic nanoparticles
MOFs	Metal-organic frameworks
MRI	Magnetic resonance imaging
MSV	Multi-stage vector
mTOR	Mammalian target of rapamycin
NGOs	Non-graphene oxide nanoparticles
NGS	Next-generation sequencing
NICD	NOTCH intracellular domain
NIR	Near-infrared
NLCs	Nanostructured lipid carriers
NM	Nanomedicine
NMs	Nanomaterials
NOCTH	Neurogenic locus notch homolog protein
NS	Normal saline
OSCC	Oral squamous cell carcinoma
p53	Tumor protein p53
p53BP1	p53 binding protein 1
p63	Tumor protein p63
PAA	Polyacrylic acid
PDK1	Phosphoinositide-dependent protein kinase 1
PDT	Photodynamic treatment
PEG	Polyethylene glycol
PGK	Phosphoglycerate kinase
PHM	Pleckstrin homology motif
PI3K	Phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase
PIP2	Phosphatidylinositol 4,5-bisphosphate
PIP3	Phosphatidylinositol 3,4,5-triphosphate
PPTT	Plasmonic photothermal therapy
PRGR	Peptide-releasing gastrin receptor
PTEN	Phosphatase and tensin homolog
PTKM	Protein tyrosine kinase motif
PTX	Paclitaxel
QDs	Quantum dots
RM	Relapsed metastatic
ROS	Reactive oxygen species
RT	Radiotherapy
SalB	Salvianolic acid B
SEMA	Semaphorin
SHP2	SH2-containing protein tyrosine phosphatase
SiAuNS	Silica-gold nanoshells
STAT3	Signal transducers and activators of transcription-3
TACE	TNF-α converting enzyme
TAFs	Tumor-associated fibroblasts
TAM	Transcriptional activation motif
TGF-β	Transforming growth factor beta
TNM	Tumor nodal metastasis
TYK	Tyrosine kinase
VEGF	Vascular endothelial growth factor
α-TOS	alpha-tocopheryl succinate