| 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 |