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. 2020 Jul 16;21(14):5036. doi: 10.3390/ijms21145036
ACS American Cancer Society
ADT Androgen deprivation therapy
ATM Ataxia telangiectasia mutated
BRCA1 Breast cancer gene 1
BRCA2 Breast cancer gene 2
BRIP1 BRCA-interacting protein C-terminal helicase 1
CHEK2 Checkpoint kinase 2
EAU European Association of Urology
EPCAM Epithelial cell adhesion molecule
FDA Food and Drug Administration
FRR Familial relative risk
GWAS Genome-wide association studies
HBOC Hereditary breast and ovarian cancer
HNPCC Hereditary nonpolyposis colorectal cancer
HOXB13 Homeobox B13
HPC Hereditary prostate cancer
HR Homologous recombination
LS Lynch Syndrome
mCRPC Metastatic castration-resistant PrCa
MLH1 MutL homologue 1
MMR Mismatch repair
MSH2 MutS homologue 2
MSH6 MutS homologue 6
MSI-H Microsatellite instability-high
NBN Nibrin
NBS1 Nijmegen Breakage Syndrome 1
NCCN National Comprehensive Cancer Network
PALB2 Partner and localizer of BRCA2
PARP Poly(adenosine diphosphate-ribose) polymerase
PD-1 Programmed cell death protein-1 ligand
PMS2 Postmeiotic segregation increased
PrCa Prostate cancer
PSA Prostate-specific antigen
RR Relative risk