ceRNA	Competing endogenous RNA
CSC	Cancer stem cell
DANCR	Differentiation antagonizing non-protein-encoding RNA
DFS	Disease-free survival
EMT	Epithelial–mesenchymal transition
FACS	Fluorescence-activated cell sorting
LC3B	Microtubule-associated protein 1A/1B-light chain 3
lncRNA	Long noncoding RNA
miRNA	MicroRNA
MUT	Mutant
NC	Negative control
OS	Overall survival
p62/SQSTM1	Sequestosome-1
qRT-PCR	Quantitative real-time polymerase chain reaction
STR	Short tandem repeat
TIC	Tumor-initiating cell
WT	Wild-type