| AFAP | Attenuated familial adenomatous polyposis syndrome |
| BER | Base-excision repair pathway |
| CRC | Colorectal cancer |
| FAP | Familial adenomatous polyposis |
| FH | Family history |
| hCRC | Hereditary colorectal cancer |
| MAF | Minor allele frequency |
| MAP | MutyH-associated polyposis |
| MMR | Mismatch repair |
| NATS | NTHL1-associated tumor syndrome |
| NGS | Next-generation sequencing |
| PPAP | Polymerase proofreading associated polyposis |
| PRS | Polygenic risk score |
| WES | Whole exome sequencing |
| WGS | Whole genome sequencing |