| AA | African American |
| AJCC | American Joint Committee on Cancer |
| ANOVA | Analysis of Variance |
| BMI | Body Mass Index |
| BPI | Brief Pain Inventory |
| CI | Confidence Interval |
| CV | Coefficient of Variation |
| ER | Estrogen Receptor |
| HER2 | Human Epidermal Growth Factor Receptor 2 |
| HW | Hispanic White |
| IL-18 | Interleukin-18 |
| NLRP3 | NOD-Like Receptor Family Pyrin Domain Containing 3 |
| NHW | Non-Hispanic White |
| NSABP | National Surgical Adjuvant Breast and Bowel Project |
| OR | Odds Ratio |
| PR | Progesterone Receptor |
| QOL | Quality of Life |
| RT | Radiotherapy |
| RTOG | Radiation Therapy Oncology Group |
| SD | Standard Deviation |
| TNF | Tumor Necrosis Factor |