| ADT | Androgen deprivation therapy |
| CRPC | Castration-resistant prostate cancer |
| cfDNA | Cell-free DNA |
| CTCs | Circulating tumour cells |
| CNN | Convolutional neural network |
| EVs | Extracellular vesicles |
| NIR | Near Infrared |
| PLND | Pelvic lymph node dissection |
| RRS | Resonance Raman scattering |
| SERS | Surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy |