| CTCs | Circulating Tumor Cells |
| WGA | Whole Genome Amplification |
| NGS | Next-Generation Sequencing |
| ctDNA | Circulating tumor DNA |
| BC | Breast Cancer |
| MDA | MDA-MB-231 |
| EpCAM | Epithelial Cell Adhesion Molecule |
| FITC | fluorescein isothiocyanate |
| PE | phycoerythrin |
| APC | allophycocyanin |
| FACS | Fluorescent-Activated Cell Sorter |
| PCR | Polymerase Chain Reaction |
| OBcfRAv2 | Oncomine Breast cfDNA Research Assay v2 |
| KRAS | Kirsten rat sarcoma 2 viral oncogene homolog |
| TP53 | Tumor Protein 53 |
| MAFs | Molecular Allele Frequencies |
| VFSH | Variant Family Size Histogram |
| TVC | Torrent Variant Caller |
| PIK3CA | Phosphatidylinositol-4,5-Bisphosphate 3-Kinase Catalytic Subunit Alpha |
| ERBB2 | Erb-B2 Receptor Tyrosine Kinase 2 |
| ERBB3 | Erb-B2 Receptor Tyrosine Kinase 3 |
| ERBB4 | Erb-B2 Receptor Tyrosine Kinase 4 |
| ESR1 | Estrogen Receptor 1 |
| MCL1 | MCL1 Apoptosis Regulator |
| GATA3 | GATA Binding Protein 3 |
| PTEN | Phosphatidylinositol 3,4,5-trisphosphate 3-phosphatase |
| CCND1 | Cyclin D1 |
| AKT1 | v-akt murine thymoma viral oncogene homolog 1 |
| CDH1 | Cadherin 1 |
| MAP2K4 | Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinase Kinase 4 |
| SF3B1 | Splicing factor 3b subunit 1 |
| FBXW7 | F-box/WD repeat-containing protein 7 |
| MAP3K1 | Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinase Kinase Kinase 1 |
| PIK3R1 | Phosphoinositide-3-Kinase Regulatory Subunit 1 |
| EGFR | Epidermal Growth Factor Receptor |
| FGFR1 | Fibroblast Growth Factor Receptor 1 |
| FFPE | Formalin-Fixed Paraffin-Embedded |
| BAM | Binary Alignment Map |
| VCF | Variant Caller Format |
| IGV | Integrative Genomic Viewer |
| TMAP | Torrent Mapping Alignment Program |
| DMEM | Dulbecco’s Modified Eagle Medium |
| PBS | Phosphate Buffered Saline |
| BEAMing | Beads, Emulsions, Amplification, and Magnetics |