| 3′UTR | 3′ untranslated region |
| 5-caC | 5-carboxylcytosine |
| 5-fC | 5-formylcytosine |
| 5-hMC | 5-hydroxymethylcytosine |
| 5-mC | 5-methylcytosine |
| AID/APOBEC | Activation- induced deaminase/apoplipoprotein B |
| ALKBH5 | AlkB homolog 5 |
| APC | Adenomatous polyposis coli |
| ATM | Ataxia-telangiectasia-mutated |
| BER | Base excision repair |
| BRCA1 | Breast cancer type I |
| CALML5 | Calmodulin like 5 |
| CCNA1 | Cyclin-A1 |
| CDKN2A | Cyclin Dependent Kinase Inhibitor 2A |
| CSC | Cancer steam cell |
| CT | Chemotherapy |
| ctDNA | Circulating DNA |
| CTLA4 | Cytotoxic T-Lymphocyte Associated Protein 4 |
| DAPK | Death-associated protein kinase |
| DNMT | DNA methyltrasnferase |
| EGFR | Epidermal growth factor receptor |
| EMT | Epithelial-mesenchymal transition |
| FAM135B | Family with sequence similarity 135 member B |
| FTO | FTO Alpha-ketoglutarate dependent dioxygenase |
| GLI1 | GLI1 Family Zinc Finger 1 |
| HAT | Histone acetyltransferase |
| HDAC | Histone deacetylase |
| HKMT | Histone lysine methyltransferase |
| HMT | Histone methyltransferase |
| HNSCC | Head and neck squamous cell carcinoma |
| HPV | Human papilloma virus |
| hTERT | Human telomerase reverse transcriptase |
| JMJD6 | Jumonji domain containing 6 |
| KDM | Lysine specific demethylase |
| LINE-1 | Long interspersed nuclear element 1 |
| LSCC | Laryngeal squamous cell carcinoma |
| LY6D | Lymphocyte antigen 6 family member D |
| m6A | N6-methyladenosine |
| MEIOC | Meiosis specific with coiled-coli domain |
| METTL | Methyltransferase like |
| MGMT | O-6-methylguanine-DNA methyltransferase |
| miRNA | microRNA |
| MLH1 | MutL homolog 1 |
| ncRNA | Non-coding RNA |
| NF-κB | Nuclear transcription factor-κB |
| NPC | Nasopharyngeal carcinoma |
| OSCC | Oral squamous cell carcinoma |
| PADI4 | Peptidyl arginine deiminase 4 |
| piRNA | PIWI-interacting RNA |
| Pl3K/Akt | Phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase/threonine protein kinase B |
| PRMT | Histone arginine methyltransferase |
| PROM1 | Prominin 1 |
| RASSF1 | Ras association domain family member 1 |
| RB | Retinoblastoma |
| RBM15 | RNA-binding motif protein 15 |
| RISC | RNA-induced silencing complex |
| RT | Radiotherapy |
| SAM | S-adenosylomethionine |
| SAT2 | Spermidine/spermine N1-acetyltransferase family member 2 |
| siRNA | Small interfering RNA |
| SMO | smoothened |
| snoRNA | Small nuclear RNA |
| STAT3 | Signal transducer and activator of transcription 3 |
| TDG | Thymine-DNA glycosylase |
| TET | Tet-methylcytosine dioxygenase |
| TGF-β | Transforming growth factor β |
| TIMP3 | TIMP metallopeptidase inhibitor 3 |
| TRBA | TAR RNA binding protein |
| TSCC | Tongue squamous cell carcinoma |
| TSG | Tumor suppressor gene |
| WTAP | WT1-associated protein |
| VIRMA | Vir like m6A methyltransferase associated |
| YTH | YT521-B homology domain |
| ZIC4 | Zic family member 4 |
| ZNF | Zinc-finger protein |