AgNPs	Silver Nanoparticles
AKT	Protein Kinase B
AMPK	AMP-Activated Protein Kinase
API/APIs	Active Pharmaceutical Ingredient(s)
Apt	Aptamer
AuNPs	Gold Nanoparticles
CEA	Carcinoembryonic Antigen
CNPs	Chitosan Nanoparticles
CNTs	Carbon Nanotubes
CRC	Colorectal Cancer
DDS	Drug Delivery System
DNA	Deoxyribonucleic Acid
DOX	Doxorubicin
DS	Delivery System
EGF	Epidermal Growth Factor
EGFR	Epidermal Growth Factor Receptor
EpCAM	Epithelial Cell Adhesion Molecule
EPE	Enhanced Permeability Effect
EPR	Enhanced Permeability and Retention
ETP	Epipolythiodioxopiperazine
FDA	Food and Drug Administration
FdUMP	Fluorodeoxyuridine Monophosphate
FdUTP	Fluorodeoxyuridine Triphosphate
FGFR	Fibroblast Growth Factor Receptor
FITC	Fluorescein Isothiocyanate
FUTP	Fluorouridine Triphosphate
GQDs	Graphene Quantum Dots
HCPT	10-Hydroxycamptothecin
HDAC	Histone Deacetylase
HIF-1α	Hypoxia-Inducible Factor 1-alpha
HSA	Human Serum Albumin
HT	Hyperthermia
IC50	Half Maximal Inhibitory Concentration
iRGD (or RDG)	Internalizing Arginine–Glycine–Aspartic peptide
IV	Intravenous
JAK/STAT	Janus Kinase/Signal Transducer and Activator of Transcription
LPs	Liposomes
MAPK	Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinase
MIA	Monoterpenoid Indole Alkaloid
miRNA/miR	MicroRNA
MNPs	Metallic Nanoparticles
MSNs	Mesoporous Silica Nanomaterials
mTOR	Mechanistic Target of Rapamycin
MWCNTs	Multi-Walled Carbon Nanotubes
NDDS	Nano-Drug Delivery System(s)
NE	Nanoemulsion
NIR	Near Infrared
NLs	Nanoliposomes
NP/NPs	Nanoparticle(s)
NS/NSs	Nanosystem(s)
NVs	Nanovectors
PAMAM	Polyamidoamine
PCL	Polycaprolactone
PDGFRα	Platelet-Derived Growth Factor Receptor Alpha
PDT	Photodynamic Therapy
PEDF	Pigment Epithelium-Derived Factor
PEG	Polyethylene Glycol
PI3K	Phosphoinositide 3-Kinase
PLGA	Poly(lactic-co-glycolic acid)
PNPs	Polymeric Nanoparticles
PPI	Poly(propylene-imine)
PTT	Photothermal Therapy
PTX	Paclitaxel
QDs	Quantum Dots
RES	Reticuloendothelial System
RFA	Radiofrequency Ablation
RNA	Ribonucleic Acid
ROS	Reactive Oxygen Species
RT	Radiotherapy
scFv	Single-chain Variable Fragment
SLNs	Solid Lipid Nanoparticles
SPIONs	Superparamagnetic Iron Oxide Nanoparticles
SWCNTs	Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes
TPP	Triphenylphosphonium
VEC	Vascular Endothelial Cell
VEGF	Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor