A	Adenine
AKT1	AKT serine/threonine kinase 1
ALS	Acid-labile subunit
APC	Adenomatous polyposis coli
AS	Antisense
BRAF	Proto-oncogene B-Raf and v-Raf murine sarcoma viral oncogene homolog B
BRCA2	Breast cancer 2 gene
C	Cytosine
CACNA1G	Calcium channel, voltage-dependent, T type alpha-1G subunit
CAFs	Cancer-associated fibroblasts
CA19-9	Carbohydrate antigen 19-9 (cancer antigen 19-9)
CEA	Carcinoembryonic antigen
CDK1	Cyclin-dependent kinase 1
CDKN2A	Cyclin-dependent kinase inhibitor 2A
CEACAM6	CEA related cell adhesion molecule 6 gene/protein
ceRNA	Competing endogenous RNA
CI	Confidence interval
CIMP	CpG island methylator phenotype
CIN	Chromosomal instability
CMS	Consensum molecular subtype
CRABP1	Cellular retinoic acid-binding protein 1
CRC	Colorectal cancer
CRIS	CRC intrinsic subtype
CRND	Colorectal neoplasia differentially expressed
CSCs	Cancer stem cells
CTCF	CCCTC-Binding Factor (Zinc Finger Protein)
DEGs	Differentially expressed genes
DMR	Differentially methylated region
ECM	Extracellular matrix
EGFR	Epidermal Growth Factor Receptor; HER1 in humans
eIF4A3	Eukaryotic initiation factor 4A-III
ERBB2	Erb-B2 Receptor Tyrosine Kinase
FSCN1	Fascin Actin-Bundling Protein 1
G	Guanine
GF	Growth factor
GH	Growth hormone
HMGA1	High Mobility Group Protein A1
hMLH1	Human mutL homolog 1
hsa-mir-483	Stem-loop sequence-micro-RNA-483
HyMiD	Hypermethylation of multiple iDMRs
iDMR	Imprinting-associated differentially methylated region
IGF1, -2	Insulin growth factor 1, -2
IGF1R, 2R	IGF Receptor type I, type II
IGF2-AS	IGF2 antisense
IGF2R/CI-M6PR	IGF2R/Cation-Independent Mannose-6-phosphate Receptor
IGFBPs	IGF binding proteins
IMPs	IGF2 mRNA-binding Proteins
INPP4B	Inositol polyphosphate-4-phosphatase, type II
INSR/InsR-A	Insulin receptor/IR isoform-A
IR	Insulin Receptor
IRS2	Insulin receptor substrate 2
KRAS	Proto-oncogene K-ras or Ki-ras; from Kirsten Rat Sarcoma Virus
lncRNAs	Long non-coding RNAs
LOH	Loss of heterozygosity
LOI	Loss of imprinting
MAPK	A mitogen-activated protein kinase
MEK1/2i	Mitogen-activated protein kinase (MAP2K, MEK, MAPKK) inhibitor
MLH1	MutL homolog 1
MMR	(DNA) mismatch repair
mRNA	Messenger RNA
miRNA	MicroRNA
MMP2	Matrix Metallopeptidase 2, matrix metalloproteinase (MMP) gene family
MSI	Microsatellite instability
MSS	Microsatellite stable
mTORC1/2i	Mammalian Target of Rapamycin Complex 1/2 inhibitor
NEUROG1	Neurogenin 1
NICTH	Non-islet cell tumor hypoglycaemia
PCNA	Proliferating cell nuclear antigen
PIK3CA	Phosphatidylinositol-4,5-bisphosphate 3-kinase catalytic subunit alpha
PLAGL2	Pleomorphic adenoma gene-like 2
PRC2	Polycomb repressive complex 2
PTEN	Phosphatase and tensin homolog deleted on chromosome ten
RB	Retinoblastoma
RUNX3	Runt-related transcription factor 3
SCNA	(DNA) Somatic copy number alteration
shRNA	Short hairpin RNA
sIGF2R	Soluble IGF Receptor type II
SOCS1	Suppressor of cytokine signaling 1
SSM	Stem/serrated/mesenchymal
TCGA	The Cancer Genome Atlas
TGF-α, β	Tumor Growth Factor α, β
T2DM	Type II Diabetes Mellitus
TNM	Tumor-Node-Metastasis
TP53	Tumor gene/protein 53
UTR	Untranslated region
VEGF-A	Vascular endothelial growth factor A
WNT1	Wnt (gene wingless + integrated or int-1) Family Member 1