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. 2026 Aug 28;27(17):7697. doi: 10.3390/ijms27177697
GC Gastric Cancer
MRD Molecular Residual Disease/Minimal Residual Disease
ctDNA Circulating Tumor DNA
cfDNA Cell-free DNA
CTCs Circulating Tumor Cells
EVs Extracellular Vesicles
cfRNA Cell-free RNA
VAF Variant Allele Frequency
SNV Single Nucleotide Variation
CNA Copy Number Alteration
TMB Tumor Mutational Burden
EMT Epithelial–Mesenchymal Transition
MMT Mesothelial–Mesenchymal Transition
CHIP Clonal Hematopoiesis of Indeterminate Potential
WBC White Blood Cell
FFPE Formalin-Fixed Paraffin-Embedded
PLF Peritoneal Lavage Fluid
MDSCs Myeloid-Derived Suppressor Cells
PD-L1 Programmed Death-Ligand 1
HER2 Human Epidermal Growth Factor Receptor 2
GEJ Gastroesophageal Junction
CNS Central Nervous System
CSF Cerebrospinal Fluid
LM Leptomeningeal Metastasis
NGS Next-Generation Sequencing
ddPCR Digital Droplet PCR
WES Whole-Exome Sequencing
WGS Whole-Genome Sequencing
CAPP-Seq Cancer Personalized Profiling by Deep Sequencing
SERS Surface-Enhanced Raman Spectroscopy
MCTA-Seq Methylated CpG Tandems Amplification and Sequencing
PANDORA-seq RNA Sequencing Platform
SE-iFISH Subtraction Enrichment and Immunostaining-Fluorescence In Situ Hybridization
EpCAM Epithelial Cell Adhesion Molecule
CEA Carcinoembryonic Antigen
CA19-9 Carbohydrate Antigen 19-9
CA72-4 Carbohydrate Antigen 72-4
CA125 Carbohydrate Antigen 125
miRNA/miR MicroRNA
lncRNA Long Non-Coding RNA
circRNA Circular RNA
piRNA PIWI-Interacting RNA
tsRNA Transfer RNA-Derived Small RNA
snoRNA Small Nucleolar RNA
HR Hazard Ratio
OS Overall Survival
DFS Disease-Free Survival
PFS Progression-Free Survival
ORR Objective Response Rate
AUC Area Under the Curve
AUROC Area Under the Receiver Operating Characteristic Curve
FDR False Discovery Rate
R0 Complete Resection (no residual tumor)
PICO Population, Intervention, Comparator, Outcome