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. 2025 Aug 11;15(8):367. doi: 10.3390/jpm15080367
%fPSA Percent free PSA
ADT Androgen deprivation therapy
AI Artificial intelligence
APC Adenomatous polyposis coli
AR Androgen receptor
AS Active surveillance
ASCO American Society of Clinical Oncology
ATM Ataxia-telangiectasia mutated
AUA American Urological Association
BCR Biochemical relapse
BRCA Breast cancer gene
CAPRA Cancer of the Prostate Risk Assessment
CCP Cell-cycle progression
CCR Clinical cell-cycle risk
cfDNA Cell-free DNA
CHEK2 Checkpoint kinase 2
cPSA Complexed PSA
csPC Clinically significant prostate cancer
CSS Cancer-specific survival
CTCs Circulating tumor cells
ctDNA Circulating tumor DNA
DAPK Death-associated protein kinase 1
DLX1 Distal-less homeobox 1
DRE Digital rectal examination
EAU European Association of Urology
EBRT External beam RT
ERSPC European Randomised Study for Screening of Prostate Cancer
FDA Food and Drug Administration
FOXA1 Forkhead box protein A1
fPSA Free PSA
GADD45 Growth arrest and DNA-damage-inducible α
GPS Genomic Prostate Score
GS Gleason score
GSTP1 Glutathione-S-transferase P1 / Glutathione-S-transferase π
HER2 Human epidermal growth factor receptor 2
HOXB13 Omeobox B13
HRR Homologous recombination repair
iPARP Poly-ADP ribose polymerase RASSF inhibitor
ISUP International Society of Urological Pathology
mCRPC Metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer
MFS Metastasis-free survival
MiPS Mi Prostate Score
MLH1 MutL protein homolog 1
MMR Mismatch repair
MpMRI Multiparametric magnetic resonance imaging
NCCN National Comprehensive Cancer Network
NGI Next-generation imaging
NICE National Institute for Health and Care Excellence
NPV Negative predictive value
OS Overall survival
PALB2 Partner and localizer of BRCA2
PC Prostate cancer
PCA 3 Prostate cancer antigen 3
PHI Prostate Health Index
PI-RADS Prostate Imaging Reporting & Data System
PMS2 Postmeiotic segregation increased 2
PSA Prostate-specific antigen
PSA-D PSA density
PSMA-PET/CT Prostate-specific membrane antigen–positron emission tomography/computed tomography
PTEN Phosphatase and tensin homolog
QoL Quality of life
RASSF1 Ras association domain family member 1 / Ras association domain-containing protein 1
RB1 Retinoblastoma transcriptional corepressor
RP Radical prostatectomy
RT Radiotherapy
RTOG Radiation Therapy Oncology Group
RUNX3 Runt-related transcription factor 3
SEER Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results
SNPs Single-nucleotide polymorphisms
SNVs Single-nucleotide variants
SPOP Speckle-type POZ protein
TGFβ Transforming growth factor β
TME Tumor microenvironment
TMPRSS2:ERG The fusion of the transmembrane protease serine 2 gene with the erythroblast transformation-specific-related gene
TNFRSF10c Tumor necrosis factor receptor superfamily member 10c
tPSA Total PSA
US United States