| ATP | adenosine triphosphate |
| BC | breast cancer |
| ceRNA | competitive endogenous RNA |
| circRNA | circular RNA |
| CRC | colon cancer |
| EMT | epithelial–mesenchymal transformation |
| HCC | hepatocellular carcinoma |
| IRES | internal ribosome entry sites |
| miRNA | microRNA |
| NCBI | National Center for Biotechnology Information |
| NPC | nasopharyngeal carcinoma |
| NSCLC | non-small-cell lung cancer |
| ORF | open reading frame |
| PCD | programmed cell death |
| Pol II | RNA polymerase II |
| RBPs | RNA-binding proteins |
| TAM | tamoxifen |
| TCGA | the Cancer Genome Atlas |
| TMZ | temozolomide |
| TNBC | triple-negative breast cancer |
| TNM | tumor node metastasis |
| U1 snRNP | U1 small nuclear ribonucleoprotein |