| APC | Adenomatous Polyposis Coli |
| BRAF | B-Raf proto-oncogene |
| CSS | Cancer Specific Survival |
| CRC | Colorectal cancer |
| CI | Confidence interval |
| CIMP | CpG island methylator phenotype |
| FBXW7 | F-box and WD repeat domain containing 7 |
| KRAS | KRAS proto-oncogene |
| LVI | Lymphovascular invasion |
| MSI | Microsatellite instability |
| OS | Overall survival |
| PCR | Polymerase chain reaction |
| PI3K | Phosphoinositol-3-kinase |
| PTEN | phosphatase and tensin homolog |
| TGF-β | Transforming growth factor beta |
| TNM | Tumor-Node-Metastasis |