BC	breast cancer
BIRC5	Baculoviral IAP Repeat Containing 5 (synonym: survivin)
VGR-BC	Västra Götalandsregionen Breast Cancer Cohort
METABRIC	Molecular Taxonomy of Breast Cancer International Consortium
SCAN-B	Sweden Cancerome Analysis Network—Breast
TNM	malignant tumor classification, based on primary tumor size, involvement of regional lymph nodes and distant metastases status
ER	Estrogen Receptor
PR	Progesterone Receptor
HER2	Human Epidermal Growth Factor Receptor 2
SBR	Scarff-Bloom-Richardson histological grading
HR	Hazard Ratio
OS	overall survival
DSS	disease-specific survival