| ADT | Androgen deprivation therapy |
| AML | Acute myeloid leukemia |
| BC | Breast cancer |
| BMI | Body mass index |
| CI | Confidence interval |
| CNS | Central nervous system |
| CRC | Colorectal cancer |
| CVD | Cardiovascular disease |
| EC | Endometrial cancer |
| GC | Gastric cancer |
| HCT | Hematopoietic cell transplantation |
| HR | Hazard ratio |
| HRQOL | Health-related quality of life |
| IGF-1R | Insulin growth factor receptor 1 |
| IL-6 | Interleukin-6 |
| IRR | Incidence rate ratio |
| MCC | Multi-center cohort |
| MM | Multiple myeloma |
| n.a. | not available |
| NOS | the Newcastle-Ottawa Scale for cohort studies |
| OC | Ovarian cancer |
| OR | Odds ratio |
| PBC | Population-based cohort |
| PC | Prostate cancer |
| PRISMA | Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses |
| RR | Relative risk |
| SCC | Single center cohort |
| SCCHN | Squamous cell carcinoma of the head and neck |
| SMM | Smoldering multiple myeloma |
| STS | Soft tissue sarcoma |
| T1DM | Type 1 diabetes mellitus |
| T1DM | Type 2 diabetes mellitus |
| TeC | Testicular cancer |
| ThC | Primary thyroid cancer |
| TNF-α | Tumor necrosis factor-α |