| ABC | ATP-binding cassette |
| ATR | Ataxia telangiectasia and Rad3-related protein |
| 5-FU | 5-Fluorouracil |
| BCRP | Human breast cancer resistance protein |
| BBB | Blood–brain barrier |
| BRCA | Breast cancer gene |
| CAF | Chromatin assembly factor-1 |
| CD24 | Glycosylphosphatidylinositol-linked cell surface glycoprotein gene |
| CDK 4/6 | Cyclin-dependent kinase 4/6 |
| CML | Chronic myeloid leukemia |
| CYP | Cytochrome |
| DDR | DNA-damage response |
| DDRNAs | DNA damage response RNAs |
| decitabine; DAC | 5-Aza-2′-deoxycytidine |
| DNA-PKc | DNA-dependent protein kinase |
| DOX | Doxorubicin |
| DPDs | Dihydropyrimidine dehydrogenases |
| DSB | Double-strand break |
| ECM | Extracellular matrix |
| EOC | Epithelial ovarian cancer |
| FBW7 | F-box and WD repeat domain-containing 7 protein |
| FBX8 | F-box only protein 8 |
| FDA | U.S. Food and Drug Administration |
| FEN-1 | Flap structure-specific endonuclease 1 |
| FGF | Fibroblast growth factor |
| GSAO | 4-(N-(S-glutathionylacetyl)amino)phenylarsonous acid |
| GSH | Glutathione |
| GSTs | Glutathione-S-transferases |
| HER2 | Human epidermal growth factor receptor-2 gene |
| hMLH1 | Human MutL homolog 1 gene |
| HR | Homologous recombination |
| IC50 | Half-maximum inhibitory concentration |
| ICLs | Interstrand DNA cross-links |
| iDNMT | DNA methylation inhibitor |
| iHDAC | Histone deacetylase inhibitor |
| iso-PXA | Iso-pencillixanthone A |
| LQTS | Long QT syndrome |
| MAPK | Mitogen-activated protein kinase |
| Mcl-1 | Induced myeloid leukemia cell differentiation protein |
| MDR | Multidrug resistance |
| MMP | Matrix metalloproteinase |
| MMR | Mismatch repair |
| mPEG | Methoxypolyethylene glycol |
| NER | Nucleotide excision repair |
| NHEJ | Nonhomologous end joining pathway |
| NSCLC | Non-small cell lung cancer |
| PARP | Poly (ADP-ribose) polymerase protein |
| PCNA | Lys-164-mono-ubiquitinated proliferating cell nuclear antigen |
| P-gp; ABCB1 | P-glycoprotein; ATP-binding cassette subfamily B member 1 |
| ROS | Reactive oxygen species |
| RPA | Replication protein A |
| RTK | Receptor tyrosine kinase |
| SCF | SKP1-CUL1-F-box |
| SCLC | Small cell lung cancer |
| SNP | Single nucleotide polymorphism |
| ssDNA | Single-strand DNA |
| T2AA | T2 amino alcohol |
| TAM | Tumor-associated macrophage |
| TCGA | The Cancer Genome Atlas |
| TiO2 PEG NP | Polyethylene glycol-modified titanium dioxide nanoparticle |
| TLS | Translesion synthesis |
| TPMTs | Thiopurine methyltransferases |
| TRAIL | Tumor necrosis factor-related apoptosis-inducing ligand |
| TTM | Tometodione M |
| UGTs | Uridine diphospho-glucuronosyltransferases |
| VCR | Vincristine |
| VEGF-A | Vascular endothelial growth factor A |
| γGTs | Gamma-glutamyl transferases |