| CRC | Colorectal cancer |
| GTPase | guanosine triphosphatase |
| 5-FU | 5-fluorouracil |
| EGFR | epidermal growth factor receptor |
| VEGF | vascular endothelial growth factor |
| RTK | receptor tyrosine kinase |
| FDA | Food and Drug Administration |
| KRAS | Kirsten rat sarcoma viral oncogene homolog |
| BRAF | v-raf murine sarcoma viral oncogene homolog B1 |
| PI3K | phosphatidylinositol-4,5-bisphosphate 3-kinase |
| PIK3CA | phosphatidylinositol-4,5-bisphosphate 3-kinase catalytic subunit alpha |
| EMT | epithelial-to-mesenchymal transition |
| RAC1 | Rac family small GTPase 1, Ras-related C3 botulinum toxin substrate 1 |
| GDP | guanosine diphosphate |
| GTP | guanosine triphosphate |
| GEF | guanine nucleotide exchange factor |
| GAP | GTPase activating proteins |
| GDI | guanine nucleotide-dissociation inhibitors |
| SRSF1 | serine/arginine rich splicing factor 1, SF/AF2 |
| SRp20 | serine/arginine rich protein 20, SRSF3 |
| EGF | epidermal growth factor |
| hnRNP A1 | heterogeneous nuclear ribonucleoprotein A1 |
| ESRP1 | epithelial splicing regulatory protein 1 |
| LGR5 | leucine-rich repeat-containing G protein-coupled receptor 5 |
| APC | adenomatous polyposis coli |
| ROS | reactive oxygen species |
| SOX9 | SRY-box transcription factor 9 |
| IQGAP1 | IQ motif-containing GTPase-activating protein 1 |
| NOX1 | NADPH oxidase 1 |
| FOLFOX | leucovorin calcium (folinic acid), fluorouracil, and oxaliplatin |
| XELOX | capecitabine and oxaliplatin |
| TCGA | The Cancer Genome Atlas |
| PAK1 | p21 activated kinase |
| RACK1 | receptor for activated kinase 1 |
| STAT | signal transducers and activators of transcription |
| SOS | son of sevenless |
| PIP3 | phosphatidylinositol (3,4,5)-triphosphate |
| MET | Mesenchymal–epithelial transition factor receptor |
| IGF-1R | insulin-like growth factor receptor |
| HGF | hepatocyte growth factor |
| 3D | three dimensional |
| LIMK | LIM kinase 1 |
| MMP-3 | matrix metalloproteinase 3 |
| CMS | consensus molecular subtypes |