| AMF | Alternating magnetic field |
| ATO | Arsenic trioxide |
| Au | Gold |
| BBB | Blood brain barrier |
| BCNU | Carmustine |
| CED | Convection enhanced delivery |
| CQ | Chloroquine |
| CTX | Chlorotoxin |
| CSC | Cancer stem cells |
| DOX | Doxorubicin |
| EPR | Enhanced permeability and retention effect |
| Gd | Gadolinium |
| GBM | Glioblastoma multiforme |
| GMP | Good manufacturing practice |
| MHT | Magnetic hyperthermia, the application of an alternating magnetic field on magnetic nanoparticles |
| NK | Natural killer |
| PTX | Paclitaxel |
| PAM | Polyacrylamide |
| PAMAM | Poly(amidoamine) |
| PDT | Photodynamic therapy, the application of a laser light on a photosensitizer to produce ROS |
| PLGA | Poly(lactic-co-glycolic acid) |
| PEG | Polyethylene glycol |
| PTT | Photothermal therapy, the application of laser light on nanoparticles, producing heat through plasmonic effects |
| RGD | Arginylglycylaspartic acid peptide |
| RNS | Radical nitrogen species |
| ROS | Radical oxygen species |
| T cells | T lymphocytes |
| TMZ | Temozolomide |
| TME | Tumor microenvironment |
| VEGF | Vascular endothelium growth factor |