| 5-FU | 5-fluorouracil |
| ANOVA | analysis of variance |
| BCa | breast cancer |
| Dox | doxycycline |
| DTC | disseminated tumor cell |
| eGFP | enhanced green fluorescent protein |
| HSC | hematopoietic stem cell |
| HUVEC | human umbilical vein endothelial cell |
| MTT | Methylthiazolyldiphenyl-tetrazolium bromide |
| OSCC | oral squamous cell carcinoma |
| PCa | prostate cancer |
| SEM | standard error of the mean |
| Tet | tetracycline |