°C	degree Celsius
BCS	breast conserving surgery
CD	cluster of differentiation
cm2	square centimetres
CO2	carbon dioxide
CSC	cancer stem cells
DMEM	Dulbecco’s Modified Eagle Medium
DMSO	dimethyl sulfoxide
EBRT	external beam radiotherapy
EDTA	ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid
ELISA	enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay
EMT	epithelial-mesenchymal transition
et al.	et alia
FBS	foetal bovine serum
FGF	fibroblast growth factor
GFP	green fluorescent protein
GROα	growth-regulated oncogene alpha
Gy	Gray
h	hours
HGF	hepatocyte growth factor
HS	human serum
IL-1β	interleukin 1 beta
IORT	intraoperative radiotherapy
MANOVA	multivariate variance analysis
MSC	mesenchymal stromal cells
N	number of biological replicates
n	number of technical replicates
NST	no special type
OSM	oncostatin-M
p	p value
P	cell passage
PBMC	peripheral blood mononuclear cells
PDGF	platelet derived growth factor
RANTES	regulated and normal T cell expressed and secreted, also: CCL5
SD	standard deviation
STAT3	signal transducer and activator of transcription 3
TNBC	triple negative breast cancer
Treg	regulatory T cells
uPA	urokinase-type plasminogen activator
VEGF	vascular endothelial growth factor
WF	wound fluid