| MDPI | Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute |
| DOAJ | Directory of Open Access Journals |
| SRS | Stereotactic radiosurgery |
| FSRT | Fractionated stereotactic radiation therapy |
| WBRT | Whole brain radiation therapy |
| CNS | Central nervous system |
| STAR | Stereotactic alignment in radiosurgery |
| SOBP | Spread out Bragg Peak |
| IMPT | Intensity modulated proton therapy |
| DNA | Deoxyribonucleic acid |
| RBE | Relative biological effectiveness |
| Gy | Gray |
| MRI | Magnetic resonance imaging |
| CI | Confidence interval |
| USA | United States of America |
| cc | Cubic centimeters |
| HR | Hazard ratio |
| NSCLC | Non-small cell lung cancer |
| RCC | Renal cell carcinoma |
| HN | Head and neck |
| SCLC | Small cell lung cancer |
| GI | Gastrointestinal |
| GYN | Gynecologic |
| RT | Radiation therapy |
| KPS | Karnofsky Performance Status |
| BrM | Brain metastases |
| F/U | Follow up |
| STR | Subtotal resection |
| GTR | Gross total resection |
| ACTH | Adrenocorticotropic hormone |
| AVM | Arteriovenous malformation |
| CGE | Cobalt gray equivalent |
| SM | Spetzler–Martin |
| GR | Gardner–Robertson |
| HB | House–Brackmann |
| Pt | Patient |
| GKRS | Gamma Knife radiosurgery |
| NF2 | Neurofibromatosis type 2 |
| WHO | World Health Organization |