| TNBC | Triple-negative breast cancer |
| EMT | Epithelial–mesenchymal transition |
| NK | Natural killer |
| ER | Estrogen receptor |
| PR | Progesterone receptor |
| HER-2 | Human epidermal growth factor receptor 2 |
| BL1 | Basal-like 1 |
| BL2 | Basal-like 2 |
| M | Mesenchymal |
| MSL | Mesenchymal stem-like |
| IM | Immunomodulatory |
| LAR | Luminal androgen receptor |
| TAM | TYRO3-AXL-MERTK |
| GAS6 | Growth arrest-specific protein 6 |
| DMFS | Distant-metastasis-free survival |
| TCGA | The Cancer Genome Atlas |
| CSC | Cancer stem cell |