E/M	Epithelial/Mesenchymal
miRNAs	microRNAs
ELDA	Extreme limiting dilution assay
EMT	Epithelial to Mesenchymal Transition
E/M hybrid	Epithelial–Mesenchymal Hybrid
EMP	Epithelial–Mesenchymal Plasticity
NCCS	National Centre for Cell Science
ATCC	American Type Culture Collection
PFA	Paraformaldehyde
FFPE	Formalin-fixed paraffin-embedded
QC	Quality control
NACT	Neoadjuvant chemotherapy
IHC	Immunohistochemistry
DEGs	Differentially Expressed Genes
FGF	Fibroblast growth factor
EGF	Epidermal growth factor
CSC	Cancer stem cell
ESTIMATE	Estimation of Stromal and Immune cells in Malignant Tumour tissues using Expression data