PSCA	Prostate stem cell antigen
DCC	Deleted in Colorectal Carcinoma
SNP	Single nucleotide polymorphism
GBC	Gallbladder cancer
GC	Gastric cancer
EC	Esophageal cancer
BC	Bladder cancer
PC	Prostate cancer
CRC	Colorectal cancer
BrC	Breast cancer
OR	Odds ration
CI	Class interval
HWE	Hardy Weinberg Equilibrium
GWAS	Genome wide association study
PCR-RFLP	Polymerase chain reaction-restriction fragment length polymorphism
LDR	Ligation detection reaction
HRM	High-resolution melting (HRM)