AUC |
Area Under the Curve |
BCR |
BioChemical Recurrence |
CAPRA |
Cancer of the Prostate Risk Assessment |
CF |
Clinical Failure |
cfDNA |
circulating cell-free DNA |
COBRAc |
COmbined Bisulphite Restriction Analysis |
ctDNA |
circulating tumour DNA |
ddPCR |
Droplet Digital PCR |
Df |
Degrees of freedom |
DMR |
Differentially Methylated Regions |
ERRBS |
Enhanced Reduced Representation Bisulphite Sequencing |
FFPET |
Formalin-Fixed Paraffin-Embedded Tissue |
GS |
Gleason Score |
HM27K |
Infinium HumanMethylation 27K Microarray |
WGBS |
Whole Genome Bisulphite Sequencing |
HM450K |
Infinium HumanMethylation 450K Microarray |
HR |
Hazard Ratio |
IQR |
InterQuartile Range |
LR |
Likelihood Ratio |
M |
Multivariate |
MBDCap-Seq |
Methyl-CpG Binding Domain Capture sequencing |
MSP |
Methylation-Specific PCR |
PCa |
Prostate Cancer |
PCR |
Polymerase Chain Reaction |
PSA |
Prostate-Specific Antigen |
qMSP |
quantitative Methylation-Specific PCR |
RP |
Radical Prostatectomy |
RRBS |
Reduced Representation Bisulphite Sequencing |
TCGA |
The Cancer Genome Atlas |
TURP |
TransUrethral Resection of the Prostate |
U |
Univariate |