| αMEM: | Alpha-minimal essential media |
| BCA: | Bicinchoninic acid |
| BCS: | Bathocuproine disulphonic acid |
| BTZ: | Benzotriazinyl |
| CYB5R: | NADH Cytochrome b5 reductase |
| CYT: | Cytosol |
| DAPI | 4′,6-Diamidino-2-phenylindole |
| ER: | Endoplasmic reticulum |
| FMISO: | Fluoromisonidazole |
| HAP: | Hypoxia-activated prodrug |
| HCR: | Hypoxic cytotoxicity ratio |
| HNSCC: | Head and neck squamous cell carcinoma |
| HPLC: | High performance liquid chromatography |
| HPV: | Human papilloma virus |
| ICP-MS: | Inductively coupled plasma-mass spectrometry |
| MMC: | Mitomycin C |
| NGS: | Normal goat serum |
| NSCLC: | Non-small cell lung cancer |
| NUC: | Nuclear |
| PET: | Positron Emission Tomography |
| PM: | Plasma membrane |
| POR: | NADPH:Cytochrome P450 oxidoreductase |
| SRB: | Sulphorhodamine B |
| TPZ: | Tirapazamine |