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. 2026 Aug 18;18(16):2675. doi: 10.3390/cancers18162675
Abbreviation Full term
ADC Antibody–drug conjugate
ADCC Antibody-dependent cellular cytotoxicity
ADCP Antibody-dependent cellular phagocytosis
AFP Alpha-fetoprotein
APC Antigen-presenting cell
BRAF B-Raf proto-oncogene
BRCA Breast cancer susceptibility gene
BTC Biliary tract cancer
CAR-T Chimeric antigen receptor T cell
CCA Cholangiocarcinoma
CDC Complement-dependent cytotoxicity
CD Cluster of differentiation
CLDN18.2 Claudin 18.2
CPS Combined positive score
CRC Colorectal cancer
CTLA-4 Cytotoxic T-lymphocyte-associated protein 4
dMMR Deficient mismatch repair
EGFR Epidermal growth factor receptor
EMA European Medicines Agency
ERBB2 Erb-b2 receptor tyrosine kinase 2
ESCC Esophageal squamous cell carcinoma
ESMO European Society for Medical Oncology
FDA United States Food and Drug Administration
FGF Fibroblast growth factor
FGFR2 Fibroblast growth factor receptor 2
FGFR2b Fibroblast growth factor receptor 2b
FISH Fluorescence in situ hybridization
GC Gastric cancer
GEJ Gastroesophageal junction
GI Gastrointestinal
GIST Gastrointestinal stromal tumor
GPC3 Glypican-3
HCC Hepatocellular carcinoma
HER2 Human epidermal growth factor receptor 2
HPV Human papillomavirus
IDH1 Isocitrate dehydrogenase 1
IDH2 Isocitrate dehydrogenase 2
IHC Immunohistochemistry
ISH In situ hybridization
KIT KIT proto-oncogene receptor tyrosine kinase
mAb Monoclonal antibody
MMR Mismatch repair
MSI Microsatellite instability
MSI-H Microsatellite instability-high
MSS Microsatellite stable
NGS Next-generation sequencing
NK Natural killer
NTRK Neurotrophic tyrosine receptor kinase
PALB2 Partner and localizer of BRCA2
PD-1 Programmed cell death protein 1
PD-L1 Programmed death-ligand 1
PDGFRA Platelet-derived growth factor receptor alpha
PlGF Placental growth factor
PRRT Peptide receptor radionuclide therapy
RAS Rat sarcoma viral oncogene homolog
SSTR Somatostatin receptor
T-DXd Trastuzumab deruxtecan
TKI Tyrosine kinase inhibitor
TLA Three-letter acronym
TRK Tropomyosin receptor kinase
VEGF Vascular endothelial growth factor
VEGFR Vascular endothelial growth factor receptor
WT Wild-type