| CAF | cancer-associated fibroblast |
| ETC | Electron Transport Chain |
| GOE | Great Oxygenation Event |
| OXPHOS | Oxydative Phosphorylation |
| ROS | Reactive Oxygen Species |
| SAM | Serial Atavism Model |
| SETOC | Systemic-Evolutionary Theory of the Origin of Cancer |
| SMT | Somatic Mutation Theory |
| TCA | TriCarboxylic Acid |
| TME | Tumor MicroEnvironment |
| TOFT | Tissue Organization Field Theory |
| UEME | Unicellular-Eukaryote-to-Multicellular Eukaryote |
| WE | Warburg effect |