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. 2019 Feb 22;20(4):952. doi: 10.3390/ijms20040952
ARID1A AT-Rich Interaction Domain 1A
ATM ATM Serine/Threonine Kinase
AKT AKT Serine/Threonine Kinase
ATR ATR serine/threonine kinase
AUC Area Under the Curve
BARD1 BRCA1 Associated RING Domain 1
BECN1 Beclin 1
BER Base Excision Repair
BRAF B-Raf Proto-Oncogene, Serine/Threonine Kinase
BRCA BRCA, DNA Repair Associated
BRIP1 BRCA1 Interacting Protein C-Terminal Helicase 1
CA125 Cancer Antigen 125
CCNE1 Cyclin E1
CDKN2A Cyclin Dependent Kinase Inhibitor 2A
CDKN2D Cyclin Dependent Kinase Inhibitor 2D
CDK12 Cyclin Dependent Kinase 12
CHEK2 Checkpoint Kinase 2
CICs Cortical Inclusion Cysts
CK7 Cytokeratin 7
CK20 Cytokeratin 20
CNAs Copy Number Alterations
CT Computer Tomography
CTNNB1 Catenin Beta 1
DICER Dicer 1, Ribonuclease III
DNA Deoxyribonucleic acid
EMA European Medicines Agency
EOC Epithelial Ovarian Cancer
ER Estrogen Receptor
FDA Food and Drug Administration
FIGO International Federation of Gynecology and Obstetrics
FOXM1 Forkhead Box M1
FTSEC Secretory Epithelial Cells of the Distal Fallopian Tube
GAB2 GRB2 Associated Binding Protein 2
GABRA6 Gamma-Aminobutyric Acid Type A Receptor Alpha6 Subunit
g-H2AX Gamma H2A histone family member X
GEMM Genetically Engineered Mouse Models
GOG Gynecologic Oncology Group
GWAS Genome Wide Association Studies
HDM2 HDM2 Proto-Oncogene
HGSOC High Grade Serous Ovarian Cancer
HIF-1a Hypoxia Inducible Factor 1 Subunit Alpha
HMGA2 High Mobility Group AT-Hook 2
HNF1b HNF1 Homeobox B
HOXA9 Homeobox A9
IARC International Agency for Research on Cancer
KRAS KRAS Proto-Oncogene, GTPase
LC3 Microtubule Associated Protein 1 Light Chain 3 Alpha
LOH Loss of Heterozygosity
MAPK Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinase 1
MECOM MDS1 And EVI1 Complex Locus
MRI Magnetic Resonance Imaging
MRE11A MRE11 Homolog, Double Strand Break Repair Nuclease
MYC MYC Proto-Oncogene, BHLH Transcription Factor
NACT Neoadjuvant Chemotherapy
NCI American National Cancer Institute
NF1 Neurofibromin 1
NSG NOD-SCID IL2R-gammanull
OSE Ovarian Surface Epithelium
PALB2 Partner and Localizer of BRCA2
PARP Poly (ADP-Ribose) Polymerase
PAX8 Paired Box 8
PDXs Patient Derived Xerographs
PET Positron-Emission Tomography
PI3K Phosphatidylinositol-4,5-Bisphosphate 3-Kinase Catalytic Subunit
PIK3CB Phosphatidylinositol-4,5-Bisphosphate 3-Kinase Catalytic Subunit Beta
PIK3CA Phosphatidylinositol-4,5-Bisphosphate 3-Kinase Catalytic Subunit Alpha
PR Progesterone Receptor
PTEN Phosphatase and Tensin Homolog
P53 Tumor Protein P53
RAD50 RAD50 Double Strand Break Repair Protein
RAD51C RAD51 Paralog C
RAS KRAS Proto-Oncogene, GTPase
RB RB Transcriptional Corepressor
ROS Radical Oxygen Species
RTK Receptor Tyrosine Kinases
SCID Severe Combined Immunodeficient
SEER Surveillance Epidemiology and End Results
SET Solid pseudo-Endometrioid and/or Transitional Cell Carcinoma-like
SNPs Single Nucleotide Polymorphisms
STIC Serous Tubal Intra Epithelial Carcinoma
TCGA The Tumor Genome Atlas
UK United Kingdom
VEGF-A Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor A
WDFY2 WD Repeat and FYVE Domain Containing 2
WHO World Health Organization
WNT Wnt Family Member
WT1 Wilms Tumor 1