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. 2022 Mar 21;10(3):728. doi: 10.3390/biomedicines10030728
[18F]-FET PET O-(2-[18F]-Fluoroethyl)-l-tyrosine positron emission tomography
1H-MRS Short echo time
5mC 5-Methylcytosine
ADC Apparent diffusion coefficient
ARMS-PCR PCR based on the amplification-resistant mutation system
AUC The area under the curve
BRAF B-Raf murine sarcoma viral oncogene homolog
CDKN2A Cyclin-dependent kinase inhibitor 2A
cfDNA Circulating free DNA
CIC Capicua transcriptional repressor
CNN Convolutional neural network
CNS Central nervous system
cT1WI T1-weighted contrast-enhanced imaging
ctDNA Circulating tumor DNA
DCE Dynamic contrast enhancement
ddPCR Droplet digital PCR
DNA Deoxyribonucleic acid
dPCR Digital PCR
DSC Dynamic susceptibility contrast
EGFR Epithelial growth factor receptor
FFPE Formalin-fixed tumor samples embedded in paraffin
FUBP1 Far upstream element-binding protein 1
GABP GA-binding protein
H3F3A Histone family 3A
IDH1/2 Isocitrate dehydrogenase 1 and/or 2
IT-ddPCR IDH1-TERT-mutation ddPCR
MAF Mutant allele fraction
MALDI-TOF Laser desorption ionization time-of-flight mass spectrometry platform
MassARRAY Mass spectrometric assay
meth Methylated
MGMT O6-methylguanine-DNA methyltransferase
MGMTp MGMT promotor
MR Magnetic resonance
MRI Magnetic resonance imaging
MRS Magnetic resonance spectroscopy
mt Mutant type
mut Mutation
n.b. Nucleotide bases
NGS Next-generation sequencing
NOTCH1 Notch receptor 1
OS Overall survival
PCR Polymerase chain reaction
PFS Progression-free survival
PIK3CA Phosphatidylinositol-4,5-Bisphosphate 3-kinase catalytic subunit alpha
PTEN Phosphatase and tensin homolog
ROIs Regions of interest
RT-PCR Real-time PCR
SEL1L Suppressor/enhancer of Lin-12-like
TBR Tumor-to-background ratio
TCIA Cancer Imaging Archive
TERT Telomerase reverse transcriptase
TERTp TERT promoter
TTP Time-to-peak
unmeth Not methylated
VASARI Visually Accessible Rembrandt Images
WHO World Health Organization
wt Wild-type