| AJCC | American Joint Committee on Cancer |
| DFS | disease-free survival |
| DSS | disease-specific survival |
| ER | estrogen receptor |
| FDR | false discovery rate |
| GSEA | gene set enrichment analysis |
| HER2 | human epidermal growth factor receptor 2 |
| METABRIC | Molecular Taxonomy of Breast Cancer International Consortium |
| NES | normalized enrichment score |
| OS | overall survival |
| TNBC | triple-negative breast cancer |