| ACTs | adoptive cell transfer therapies |
| APCs | antigen presenting cells |
| AR | androgen receptor |
| CRISPR | clustered regularly interspaced short palindromic repeats |
| CRPC | castration resistant prostate cancer |
| EBRT | external bean radiation therapy |
| EMT | epithelial-mesenchymal transition |
| ERG | ETS-related gene; GR glucocorticoid receptor |
| mCRPC | metastatic castration resistant prostate cancer |
| MDSC | myeloid derived suppressor cell |
| NE-CRPC | neuroendocrine castration resistant prostate cancer |
| NK | natural killer cell |
| NSAIDs | non-steroidal anti- inflammatory drugs; |
| OS | overall survival |
| PAP | prostatic acid phosphatase |
| PCPT | prostate cancer prevention trial |
| PILS | prostate infiltrating lymphocytes |
| PSA | prostate specific antigen |
| RT | radiotherapy |
| SPOP | speckle type poz protein |
| TAM | tumor-associated macrophage |
| TILs | tumor infiltrating lymphocytes |
| TME | tumor microenvironment |
| TNBC | triple negative breast cancer |