| AJCC | American Joint Committee on Cancer |
| AUC | Areas Under Curves |
| BCBM | Breast Cancer Brain Metastasis |
| cfmiR | Cell-free miR |
| cfDNA | Cell-free DNA |
| cfNA | Cell-free Nucleic Acids |
| CII | Checkpoint Inhibitor Immunotherapy |
| CLIA | Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments |
| dNTP | Deoxyribonucleotide Triphosphate |
| EDTA | Ethylenediamine Tetraacetic Acid |
| IRAE | Immune-Related Adverse Events |
| DE | Differentially Expressed |
| FC | Fold-Change |
| FDA | Food and Drug Adminstration |
| FDR | False Discovery Rate |
| FFPE | Formalin-Fixed Paraffin-Embedded |
| GBM | Glioblastoma |
| GEO | Gene Expression Omnibus |
| H&E | Hematoxylin & Eosin |
| LuBM | Lung Cancer Brain Metastasis |
| MBM | Melanoma Brain Metastasis |
| miR | MicroRNA |
| PCA | Principal Component Analysis |
| PC | Principal Components |
| PCR | Polymerase Chain Reaction |
| QC | Quality Check |
| NS | Non Significant |
| RECIST | Response Evaluation Criteria In Solid Tumors 1.1 |
| REMARK | Reporting Recommendations For Tumour Marker |
| ROC | Receiver Operating Characteristic |
| RT | Room Temperature |
| SD | Standard Deviation |
| sLDH | Serum Lactate Dehydrogenase |
| WTA | Whole Transcriptome Assay |