| ACT | Adriamycin: Cytoxan, and Taxotere |
| AR | Androgen receptor |
| CI | confidence interval |
| DFS | disease-free survival |
| DRFS | distant recurrence-free survival |
| EGFR | epidermal growth factor receptor |
| ER | estrogen receptor |
| HER2 | human epidermal growth factor receptor 2 |
| H&E | hematoxylin and eosin staining |
| HR | Hazard Ratio |
| IDFS | invasive disease-free survival |
| IHC | immunohistochemistry |
| LN | lymph node |
| MBC | metastatic breast cancer |
| mTNBC | metastatic TNBC |
| mTOR | the mammalian target of rapamycin |
| NACT | neoadjuvant chemotherapy |
| OS | overall survival |
| PARP | poly-ADP-ribose polymerase |
| pCR | pathological complete response |
| PD-1 | programmed cell death receptor-1 |
| PD-L1 | programmed death ligand-1 |
| PFS | progression-free survival |
| PI3K | phosphoinositide-3 kinase |
| pIR | pathological incomplete response |
| PKB | protein kinase B (AKT) |
| PR | progesterone receptor |
| RCB | Residual Cancer Burden |
| SEER | Surveillance, Epidemiology and End Results Program |
| SIAH | human homologues of Drosophila Seven-In-Absentia |
| SOC | standard of care |
| TIL | tumor infiltrating lymphocytes |
| TME | tumor microenvironment |
| TNBC | triple-negative breast cancer |
| TNM | tumor size, lymph node status, metastasis |
| Trop-2 | Trophoblast cell-surface antigen |