CSC	cancer stem cells
ALDH	aldehyde dehydrogenases
RA	retinoic acid
ROS	reactive oxygen species
ABC	adenosine triphosphate binding cassette
ATM	ataxia-telangiectasia-mutated
ATR	ataxia telangiectasia and rad3-related
Chk1	checkpoint kinase 1
PARP1	poly-ADP-ribose polymerase 1
BAAA	Bodipy-aminoacetaldehyde
BAA	Bodipy-aminoacetate
CC	Cervical cancer
SCC	squamous cell carcinoma
IARC	International Agency for Research on Cancer
EC	endometrial cancer
OC	Ovarian cancer
HGSOC	high grade serous ovarian cancer
CIN	cervical intraepithelial neoplasia
Oct4	octamer-binding transcription factor 4
Sox2	sex determining region Y-box 2
Twist 1	Twist-related protein 1
Hey 1	Hes related family BHLH transcription factor with YRPW motif 1
Klf4	Kruppel like factor 4
HOXA10	Homeobox A10
HOXA11	Homeobox A11
siRNA	small interfering ribonucleic acid
DSF	Disulfiram
DEAB	4-Diethylaminobenzaldehyde
P-gp	P-glycoprotein
BRCP	breast cancer resistance protein
HTS	high-throughput screening
ATRA	All-trans retinoic acid
Nrf-2	nuclear factor erythroid-2-related factor 2
i.p.	intraperitoneal administration
DDB2	DNA damage-binding protein
CETSA	cellular thermal shift assay
BRD4	Bromodomain-containing protein 4
EMP2	epithelial membrane protein-2
lncRNA	long non-coding RNA
HOTAIR	HOX antisense intergenic RNA
PNA	peptide nucleic acid
miR	micro-RNAs
UTR	untranslated region