| 99mTc | Technetium-99m (radioisotope commonly used in nuclear medicine for diagnostic imaging) |
| AC | Anthracycline, cyclophosphamide |
| AI | Aromatase inhibitor |
| ALND | Axillary lymph node dissection |
| AP | Anatomic pathology |
| BCS | Breast-conserving surgery |
| CI | Confidence interval |
| DCIS | Ductal carcinoma in situ |
| DFS | Disease-free survival |
| ECE | Extracapsular extension |
| ET | Endocrine therapy |
| ETDs | Extranodal tumor deposits |
| FNR | False negative rate |
| HER2 | Human epidermal growth factor receptor 2 |
| HR | Hazard ratio |
| HT | Hormone therapy |
| iCDK4/6 | Inhibitor of cyclin-dependent kinase 4 and cyclin-dependent kinase 6 |
| ICH-GCP | International Conference on Harmonization of Good Clinical Practices |
| IQR | Interquartile range |
| INC | Instituto Nacional de Cancerología |
| LVI | Lymphovascular invasion |
| NACT | Neoadjuvant chemotherapy |
| NOS | Not Otherwise Specified |
| OR | Odds ratio |
| OS | Overall survival |
| pCR | Pathological complete response |
| Post-NACT SLNB | Sentinel lymph node biopsy after neoadjuvant chemotherapy |
| RCB | Residual Cancer Burden |
| RFS | Recurrence-free survival |
| RT | Radiotherapy |
| SD | Standard deviation |
| SLN | Sentinel lymph node |
| SLNB | Sentinel lymph node biopsy |
| T | Taxanes |
| TAD | Targeted axillary dissection |
| TC | Taxane and cyclophosphamide |
| TH | Taxanes and trastuzumab |
| TNBC | Triple Negative Breast Cancer |
| TR | Time to recurrence |
| UFM-INC | Functional Unit for Breast and Soft Tissue Tumors, Instituto Nacional de Cancerología |
| Upfront SLNB | Sentinel lymph node biopsy at the time of the initial surgery, before the administration of any systemic therapy (such as neoadjuvant chemotherapy) |