| ACCENT | Adjuvant Colon Cancer End Points |
| CRC | Colorectal cancer |
| cfDNA | Cell-free DNA |
| ccfDNA | Circulating cfDNA |
| CCS | Colon cancer subtyping |
| cfNA | Cell-free nucleic acid |
| CMS | Consensus molecular subtyping |
| CTC | Circulating tumor cell |
| ctDNA | Circulating tumor DNA |
| dPCR | Digital PCR |
| ddPCR | Droplet dPCR |
| DNA | Deoxyribonucleic acid |
| FDA | Food and drug administration |
| FFPE | Formalin-fixed paraffin-embedded |
| GI | Genomic instability |
| iFOBT | Immunochemical fecal occult blood test |
| IHC | Immunohistochemistry |
| ITH | Intratumoral heterogeneity |
| LS | Lynch syndrome |
| mCRC | Metastatic CRC |
| MLH | MutL homolog |
| MMR | Mismatch repair |
| MMR-D | Mismatch deficiency |
| MSH | MutS homolog |
| MSI | Microsatellite instability |
| MSI-H | MSI-high |
| MSI-L | MSI-low |
| MSS | Microsatellite stable |
| NGS | Next-generation sequencing |
| PCR | Polymerase chain reaction |
| PMS | Postmeiotic segregation |
| RNA | Ribonucleic acid |
| TMB | Tumor mutation burden. |