| ATM | Ataxia Telangiectasia Mutated |
| ATR | ATM- and Rad3-Related |
| BC | Breast cancer |
| BRCA1 | Breast Cancer 1 |
| BRCA2 | Breast Cancer 2 |
| CDK | Cyclin-Dependent Kinase |
| ChAM | Chromatin-associated motif |
| CtBP | C-terminal binding protein |
| CtIP | CtBP-Interacting protein |
| DDR | DNA damage response |
| DNA | Deoxyribonucleic Acid |
| DSB | Double strand break |
| FA | Fanconi anemia |
| FANCN | Fanconi Anemia Group N protein |
| HR | Homologous recombination |
| ICL | Interstrand crosslink |
| MMC | Mitomycin C |
| NES | Nuclear export sequence |
| OC | Ovarian cancer |
| OR | Odds ratio |
| PALB2 | Partner and Localizer of BRCA2 |
| PC | Pancreatic cancer |
| RCSB | Research Collaboratory for Structural Bioinformatics |
| RPA | Replication Protein A |
| SDSA | Synthesis dependent strand annealing |
| ssDNA | Single strand DNA |
| TAP-MS | Tandem affinity purification followed by mass spectrometry |
| TLS | Translesion synthesis |
| VUS | Variant of uncertain significance |