| α-MEM | Alpha-Minimally Essential Medium |
| ANOVA | Analysis of Variance |
| ARE | Antioxidative Response Element |
| CFA | Colony-Forming Ability |
| DAPI | 4′,6-Diamidino-2-Phenylindole |
| DSMZ | German Collection of Microorganisms and Cell Cultures GmbH |
| ECM | Extracellular Matrix |
| EDTA | Ethylene Diamine Tetra Acetic Acid |
| EGFR | Epidermal Growth Factor Receptor |
| ELISA | Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay |
| EMT | Epithelial–Mesenchymal Transition |
| FBS | Fetal Bovine Serum |
| FDR | false discovery rate |
| FUCCI | Fluorescent Ubiquitination-based Cell Cycle Indicator |
| HIFs | hypoxia-inducible factors |
| hTERT | human telomerase reverse transcriptase |
| LET | Linear Energy Transfer |
| NF-κB | Nuclear Factor κB |
| NSCLC | Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer |
| OER | Oxygen Enhancement Ratio |
| PBS | Phosphate-buffered saline |
| PMMA | Polymethyl methacrylate |
| RBE | Relative Biological Effectiveness |
| RNA | Ribonucleic acid |
| ROS | Reactive Oxygen Species |
| RPE-1 | Human Retinal Pigment Epithelial-1 |
| RIN | RNA Integrity Numbers |
| TGF-β | transforming growth factor β |
| TMB | 3,3′,5,5′-Tetramethylbenzidine |
| TME | Tumor Microenvironment |