| kNN | k-nearest neighbors |
| TCGA | The Cancer Genome Atlas |
| NCI | National Cancer Institute |
| NHGRI | National Human Genome Research Institute |
| GDC | Genomic Data Commons |
| CGCI | Cancer Genome Characterization Initiative |
| DEGs | Differentially expressed genes |
| MRMR | Maximum relevance minimum redundancy |
| RF | Random forest |
| DA | Disease association |