| ADDM | active DNA demethylation; |
| AE | adverse event; |
| AID | activation-induced deaminase; |
| ATR | ataxia telangiectasia and Rad3–related kinase; |
| BER | base excision repair; |
| cHL | classical Hodgkin Lymphoma; |
| CMMRD | constitutional mismatch repair deficiency; |
| CR/PR | complete/partial response; |
| CRC | colorectal cancer; |
| ctDNA | circulating tumor DNA; |
| CTLA-4 | cytotoxic T-lymphocyte–associated antigen 4; |
| DCR | disease control rate (CR + PR + stable disease); |
| DDM | DNA demethylation; |
| DLBCL | diffuse large B-cell lymphoma; |
| dMMR | deficient mismatch repair (MMRdeficient); |
| dPCR | digital polymerase chain reaction; |
| EC | endometrial cancer; |
| EXO1 | exonuclease 1; |
| GE | gastroesophageal; |
| HeCOG | hellenic cooperative oncology group; |
| HR | hazard ratio; |
| ICI | immune checkpoint inhibitors; |
| IDL | insertion-deletion loops; |
| IHC | Immunohistochemistry; |
| IO | immunotherapy; |
| LS | lynch syndrome; |
| MAF | mutant allele frequencies; |
| mCRC | metastatic colorectal cancers; |
| MEF | mouse embryonic fibroblasts; |
| MGMT | methylguanine DNA methyltransferase; |
| MLH | MutL homolog; |
| MMR | mismatch repair; |
| MSH | MutS homolog; |
| MSI | microsatellite instability; |
| MSI-H | microsatellite instability high; |
| MSS | microsatellite stable; |
| MutLα | MLH1-PMS2; |
| MutSα | MSH2-MSH6; |
| NEC | Neuroendocrine Cancer; |
| NET | neuroendocrine tumors; |
| NGS | next-generation sequencing; |
| ORR | objective response rate; |
| OS | overall survival; |
| PCNA | proliferating cell nuclear antigen; |
| PCR | polymerase chain reaction; |
| PD-1/PD-L1 | programmed cell death-1/its ligand; |
| PFS | progression-free survival |
| PINK1 | PTEN-induced putative kinase 1; |
| PMBCL | primary mediastinal B-cell lymphoma; |
| pMMR | proficient MMR (MMR-intact); |
| POLβ | polymerase beta; |
| POLγ | polymerase gamma; |
| ROS | reactive oxygen species; |
| RPA | replication protein A; |
| SCE | sister chromatid exchange; |
| SHM | somatic hypermutation; |
| SS | synovial sarcomas; |
| TLS | post-translesion synthesis; |
| TMB | tumor mutational burden; |
| TMZ | Temozolomide; |
| UV | ultraviolet; |
| VUS | variants of unknown significance; |