BRCA1	breast cancer type 1
CtIP	CTBP interacting protein
DDR	DNA damage response
DNA-PKcs	DNA-dependent protein kinase catalytic subunit
DSB	double-strand break
DUB	deubiquitinase
H2AX	variant X of Histone H2A
HR	homologous recombination
IR	ionizing radiation
IRIF	IR-induced foci
LUAD	lung adenocarcinoma
LUSC	lung squamous cell carcinoma
NHEJ	non-homologous end joining
NSCLC	non-small cell lung cancer
PARP	Poly ADP ribose polymerase
RPA32	replication protein A, 32 Kda subunit
RT	radiation therapy
shRNA	short hairpin RNA
shUSP14	short hairpin RNA targeting USP14
ssDNA	single-stranded DNA
USP14	ubiquitin-specific peptidase 14
53BP1	tumor suppressor p53-binding protein 1 (also known as p53-binding protein 1)