| AKT/PKB | protein kinase B |
| BRCA2 | Breast Cancer 2 |
| BRC4/BRC4-28 | 28 aa of the BRC motifs |
| c-MET: HGFR | hepatocyte growth factor receptor |
| DSB | double strand break |
| EGFR | Epidermal growth factor receptor |
| GAB1 | GRB2 Associated Binding Protein 1/Growth Factor Receptor Bound Protein 2-Associated Protein 1 |
| HGF | Hepatocyte Growth Factor |
| HR | Homologous recombination |
| MAPK | Mitogen-activated protein kinases |
| PI3K | phosphoinositide 3-kinase |
| pRAD51 | phospho-RAD51 |
| RTK | Receptor tyrosine kinase |
| STAT3 | Signal transducer and activator of transcription 3 |
| ssDNA | single strand DNA |