AUC	Area under the ROC curve
CI	Confidence interval
COX	Cyclooxygenase
CRC	Colorectal adenocarcinoma
EMT	Epithelial-mesenchymal transition
ESCC	Esophageal squamous cell carcinoma
FGF	Fibroblast growth factor
GC	Gastric adenocarcinoma
G-CSF	Granulocyte colony-stimulating factor
GIT	Gastrointestinal tract
GM-CSF	Granulocyte-macrophage colony-stimulating factor
IBD	Inflammatory bowel disease
IFN	Interferon
IL	Interleukin
MCP	Monocyte chemoattractant protein
MIP	Macrophage inflammatory protein
NOS	Nitric oxide synthase
NRQ	Normalized relative quantities
PDGF	Platelet-derived growth factor
ROC	Receiver operating characteristics
RT-qPCR	Reverse-transcribed quantitative (real-time) polymerase chain reaction
TNF	Tumor necrosis factor
TNM	Tumor-node-metastasis cancer staging system
VEGF	Vascular endothelial growth factor