| BRCA1 | breast cancer susceptibility gene 1 |
| MSC | mesenchymal stem cell |
| HER2 | epidermal growth factor receptor 2 |
| ER | estrogen receptor |
| PR | progesterone receptor |
| TNBC | triple negative breast cancer |
| GEMM | genetically engineered mouse model |
| GEMMC | genetically engineered mouse model of cancer |
| pCR | pathologic complete response |
| PARP | poly (ADP-ribose) polymerase |
| CK14 | cytokeratin 14 |
| IDC-NOS | invasive carcinoma-of no special type |
| MMTV-LTR | mouse mammary tumor virus—long terminal repeat |
| WAP | whey acidic protein |
| HR | homologous recombination |
| PCR | polymerase chain reaction |
| SNP | single nucleotide polymorphism |
| GFP | green fluorescent protein |
| MTD | maximum tolerable dose |
| FACS | fluorescence activated cell sorting |
| COSMIC | Catalogue Of Somatic Mutations In Cancer |