| 2D | Two-dimensional |
| PCa | Prostate cancer |
| PSA | Prostate-specific antigen |
| ADT | Androgen deprivation therapy |
| AR | Androgen receptor |
| LHRH | Luteinizing hormone-releasing hormone |
| GnRH | Gonadotropin-releasing hormone |
| LH | Luteinizing hormone |
| LNCaP | Lymph node carcinoma of the prostate |
| PCR | Polymerase chain reaction |
| hK2 | Human kallikrein 2 |
| CTC | Circulating tumor cell |
| EMT | Epithelial-to-mesenchymal transition |
| EpCAM | Epithelial cellular adhesion molecule |
| PSMA | Prostate-specific membrane antigen |
| AR-V7 | Androgen receptor variant 7 |
| KRT19 | Keratin 19 |
| GEDI | Geometrically enhanced differential immunocapture |
| ERG | ETS-related gene |
| SChLAP1 | Second chromosome locus associated with prostate-1 |