5FU	5-fluorouracil
8-oxo-dG	8-oxo-7,8-dihydro-2´deoxyguanosine
BER	base excision repair
CIMP	CpG island methylator phenotype
CIN	chromosomal instability
CRC	colorectal cancer
DDR	DNA damage response
dNTPs	deoxynucleotide triphosphates
DRC	DNA excision repair capacity
EFS	event-free survival
FAPY	2,6-diamino-4-hydroxy-5-formamidopyrimidine
HR	homologous recombination repair
LigI	human DNA ligase I
LigIII	human DNA ligase III
LOH	loss of heterozygosity
hOOG1	human 8-oxo-dG DNA N-glycosylase 1
MAP	MUTYH-associated polyposis
MMR	mismatch repair
MSI	microsatellite instability
MSS	microsatellite stable
MTH1	human mutT homolog 1
MUTYH, MYH	mutY DNA glycosylase
NATS	NTHL1-associated tumor syndrome
NER	nucleotide excision repair
OS	overall survival
ROS	reactive oxygen species
SNP	single nucleotide polymorphism