| ALT | Alternative Lengthening of Telomeres |
| APB | ALT-Associated PML Body |
| ATRX | α-Thalassemia/Mental Retardation Syndrome X-Linked Protein |
| CNS | Central Nervous System |
| DAXX | Death Domain-Associated Protein |
| DDR | DNA Damage Response |
| ECTR | Extra Chromosomal Telomere Repeat |
| EMT | Epithelial-to-Mesenchymal Transition |
| HR | Homologous Recombination |
| MSI-H | Microsatellite Instability-High |
| PanNET | Pancreatic Neuroendocrine Tumor |
| PML | Promyelocytic Leukemia Protein |
| PNS | Peripheral Nervous System |
| SCC | Squamous Cell Carcinoma |
| T-SCE | Telomere-Sister Chromatid Exchange |
| TMM | Telomere Maintenance Mechanism |
| WRN | Werner Protein |