| ALT | Alternative Lengthening of Telomeres |
| ATRX | α-thalassemia/mental retardation syndrome X-linked |
| ctDNA | Circulating Tumor Deoxyribonucleic Acid |
| CNS | Central Nervous System |
| CSF | CerebroSpinal Fluid |
| DAXX | Death-associated protein 6 |
| ddPCR | Droplet digital Polymerase Chain Reaction |
| DC | Dentritic Cells |
| DCE-MRI | Dynamic Contrast Enhanced—Magnetic Resonance Imaging |
| DNA | Deoxyribonucleic Acid |
| EGFR | Epidermal Growth Factor Receptor |
| Erbb2 | v-erb-b2 avian erythroblastic leukemia viral oncogene homolog 2 |
| ETS | E26 transformation-specific family transcription factor |
| IDH | Isocitrate Dehydrogenase |
| IDH-wt | Isocitrate Dehydrogenase—wild-type |
| IDH-mut | Isocitrate Dehydrogenase—mutated |
| hTERT | Human Telomerase Reverse Transcriptase |
| NGS | New Generation Sequencing |
| MGMT | O6-methylguanine-DNA methyltransferase |
| MRI | Magnetic Resonance Imaging |
| NOS | Not Otherwise Specified |
| OS | Overall Survival |
| pHGG | Pediatric High Grade Gliomas |
| PI3KR1 | Phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase regulatory subunit alpha |
| RNA | Ribonucleic Acid |
| RdRP | RNA-dependent RNA polymerase |
| TCGA | The Cancer Genome Atlas |
| TERC | Telomerase RNA template |
| TERTp | TElomerase Reverse Transcriptase Promoter |
| TERTp-mut | TElomerase Reverse Transcriptase Promoter mutated |
| TERTp-wt | TElomerase Reverse Transcriptase Promoter wild-type |
| TP53 | Tumor suppressor Protein 53 |
| UTSS | Upstream of the Transcription Start Site |