| DTC | Disseminated tumor cell |
| MME | Metastatic microenvironment |
| EMT | Epithelial-mesenchymal transition |
| MET | Mesenchymal-epithelial transition |
| cEMT | Cancer-associated epithelial-mesenchymal transition |
| cMErT | Cancer-associated mesenchymal-epithelial reverting transition |
| cEMP | Cancer-associated epithelial-mesenchymal plasticity |
| ECM | Extracellular matrix |
| UPR | Unfolded Protein Response |
| HSC | Hematopoietic stem cell |
| NPC | Non-parenchymal cell |
| CAF | Cancer-associated fibroblast |
| LPS | Lipopolysaccharide |
| NET | Neutrophil extracellular trap |
| MAM | Metastasis-associated macrophage |
| MDSC | Myeloid derived suppressor cell |
| mCRPC | Metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer |
| MHC-I | Major histocompatibility complex class I |