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. 2025 Apr 11;26(8):3595. doi: 10.3390/ijms26083595
ALK Anaplastic Lymphoma Kinase
AUC Area Under the Curve
bFGF Basic Fibroblast Growth Factor
CD40L CD40 Ligand
CTCs Circulating Tumor Cells
ctDNA Circulating Tumor DNA
EGF Epidermal Growth Factor
EGFR Epidermal Growth Factor Receptor
EGFRvIII Epidermal Growth Factor Receptor Variant III
EML4 Echinoderm Microtubule Associated Protein-Like 4
EMT Epithelial–Mesenchymal Transition
EVs Extracellular Vesicles
EZH2 Enhancer of Zeste Homolog 2
GARP TGFβ Docking Receptor Glycoprotein A Repetitions Predominant
G-CSF Granulocyte Colony Stimulating Factor
GM-CSF Granulocyte Macrophage-Colony Stimulating Factor
GPIIb/IIIa Glycoprotein IIb/IIIa
IL-6 Interleukin-6
KRAS Kirsten Rat Sarcoma Virus
MALAT1 Metastasis Associated Lung Adenocarcinoma Transcript 1
MDSCs Myeloid-Derived Suppressor Cells
MHC Major Histocompatibility Complex
MIBC Muscle-Invasive Bladder Cancer
mCRPC Metastatic Castration-Resistant Prostate Cancer
MMPs Metalloproteinases
NK Cells Natural Killer Cells
NSCLC Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer
OS Overall Survival
PCA3 Prostate Cancer Antigen 3
PDGF Platelet-Derived Growth Factor
PD-L1 Programmed Death Ligand 1
PIK3CA Phosphatidylinositol-4,5-Bisphosphate 3-Kinase, Catalytic Subunit Alpha
PFS Progression-Free Survival
PSA Prostate-Specific Antigen
PSMA Prostate-Specific Membrane Antigen
RCC Renal Cell Carcinoma
TAMs Tumor-Associated Macrophages
TEPs Tumor-Educated Platelets
TGF-β Transforming Growth Factor-Beta
TIMP1 TIMP Metallopeptidase Inhibitor 1
TME Tumor Microenvironment
Tregs Regulatory T Cells
TSP-1 Thrombospondin-1
VEGF Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor