| A-bomb | Atomic bomb |
| ARTP | Atmosphere and room temperature plasma |
| Ara-C | Cytosine arabinoside |
| CFSs | Common fragile sites |
| CNV | Copy number variation |
| aCGH | Array comparative genomic hybridization |
| NGS | Next-generation sequencing |
| EMS | Ethyl methanesulfonate |
| FRA3B | Fragile Site Aphidicolin Type, Fra(3) |
| FRA16D | Fragile Site Aphidicolin Type, Fra(16) |
| FOLFOX | Leucovorin-modulated 5-fluorouracil and oxaliplatin combination) |
| HU | Hydroxyurea |
| IR | Ionizing radiation |
| MNU | N-methyl-N-nitrosourea |
| MCA | 3-methylcholanthrene |
| NHEJ | Non-homologous end joining |
| POD-FISH | Parental origin determination fluorescence in situ hybridization |
| PTC | Papillary thyroid carcinoma |
| SqCCs | Lung squamous cell carcinomas |
| SNV | Single-nucleotide variants |