| 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 |