| aCGH | Array comparative genomic hybridization |
| CRC | Colorectal Cancer |
| CAN | Copy number aberration |
| OS | Overall survival |
| DFS | Disease free survival |
| EMT | Epithelial mesenchymal transition |
| MSI | Microsatellite instable |
| MSS | Microsatellite stable |
| MMR | Mismatch repair |
| STAC | Significance testing for aberrant copy number |
| DLRS | Derivative of log ratio spread |
| CNG | Copy number gain |
| CNL | Copy number loss |
| FFPE | Formalin-fixed paraffin embedded |
| FASST2 | Fast Adaptive State Segmentation Technique |
| SPPS | survival predictive power statistical |
| BinReg | Binary regression |
| SAM | Significance analysis of microarray |
| ROC | Receiver-operating characteristics curve |