| AcBut | 4-(4-acetylphenoxy) butanoic acid |
| ADC | Antibody drug conjugates |
| ALCL | anaplastic large cell lymphoma |
| ALL | Acute lymphoblastic leukaemia |
| AML | acute myeloid leukaemia |
| ANS | 1-anilino-8-naphthale-neosulfonate |
| BCMA | B cell maturation antigen |
| cBu | cyclobutane-1,1-dicarboxamide |
| CDR | Complementarity determining region |
| CL2A | cleavable PEG8- and triazole-containing PABC–peptide–MC linker |
| CTLA4 | cytotoxic T-lymphocyte associated antigen 4 |
| Cys | Cysteine |
| DAR | Drug-antibody-ratio |
| DM1 | derivative of maytansine/mertansine |
| DNA | Deoxyribonucleic Acid |
| DOX | doxorubicin |
| DXd | deruxtecan |
| ELISA | enzyme linked immunosorbent assay |
| EMA | European medicines agency |
| ER | estrogen receptor |
| EU | European Union |
| FDA | Food and drug administration |
| HER2 | human epidermal growth factor receptor 2 |
| HL | Hodgkin lymphoma |
| HPLC | High performance liquid chromatography |
| ICI | Immune checkpoint inhibition |
| IgG | Immunoglobulin G |
| IV | intravenous |
| Lys | lysine |
| mAb | Monoclonal antibody |
| MC | maleimidocaproyl |
| MCC | maleimidomethyl cyclohexane-1-carboxylate |
| MC-Val-Cit | Maleimidocaproyl Valine-Citrulline |
| MDR | Multi drug resistance |
| MMAE | Monomethyl auristatin E |
| MMAF | Monomethyl auristatin F |
| P-gp | P-glycoprotein |
| PAB | para-aminobenzyl |
| PBD | Pyrrolobenzodiazepines |
| PD-L1 | Programmed cell Death-Ligand 1 |
| PEG | Polyethylene glycol |
| PHB | p-hydroxybenzyl alcohol |
| PR | progesterone receptor |
| SC | subcutaneous |
| SEC-HPLC | size exclusion chromatography-high performance liquid chromatography |
| SMCC | Succinimidyl-4-[N-maleimidomethyl] cyclohexane-1-carboxylate) |
| SN-38 | active metabolite of the topoisomerase I inhibitor irinotecan |
| SNP | single nucleotide polymorphisms |
| SPDB | N-succinimidyl-4-(2-pyridyldithio) butanoate |
| SPP | N-succinimidyl-4-(2-pyridyldithio) pentanoate |
| T-DM1 | Trastuzumab emtansine |
| TGA | Therapeutic goods administration |
| ThT | thioflavin |
| TROP-2 | tumor associated calcium signal transducer 2 |
| Val-CitPABC | Valine-Citrulline para-aminobenzyloxycarbonyl |
| Val-Cit | Valine-Citrulline |
| VcMMAE | Valine-Citrulline monomethyl auristatin E |