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. 2026 Jan 28;27(3):1304. doi: 10.3390/ijms27031304
CNV Copy number variation
CS Cowden syndrome
EPCAM Epithelial cell adhesion molecule
HBOC Hereditary Breast and Ovarian Cancer syndrome
ICIs Immune checkpoint inhibitors
IHC Immunohistochemistry
LFS Li-Fraumeni syndrome
LUS Lower uterine segment
MLH1 MutL homologue 1
MLPA Multiplex ligation-dependent probe amplification
MMR mismatch repair
MSH2 MutS homologue 2
MSH6 MutS homologue 6
MSI Microsatellite instability
MSI-H Microsatellite instability high
MSI-L Microsatellite instability low
MSS Microsatellite stable
NCCN National Comprehensive Cancer Network
ORR Overall response rate
OS Overall survival
PFS Progression-free survival
PHTS PTEN hamartoma tumour syndrome
PLSD Prospective Lynch Syndrome Database
PMS2 Postmeiotic segregation increased 2
PTEN Phosphatase and tensin homolog
RRH/BSO Risk-reducing hysterectomy with bilateral salpingo-oophorectomy
TMB Tumour mutational burden
TVUS Transvaginal ultrasound
VUS Variants of uncertain significance