| BEAMing | beads, emulsion, amplification, and magnetics |
| CEA | carcinoembryonic antigen |
| cfDNA | cell-free DNA |
| CHIP | clonal hematopoiesis of indeterminate potential |
| CAN | copy number alteration |
| CRC | colorectal cancer |
| CRPC | castration-resistant prostate cancer |
| CT | computer tomography |
| ctDNA | cell-tumor DNA |
| ddPCR | Droplet digital PCR |
| DFS | disease free survival |
| EGFR | epidermal growth factor receptor |
| FDA | Food and Drug Administration |
| GE | genome equivalent |
| HR | hazard ratio |
| indels | small insertions or deletions |
| MAF | mutant allele fraction |
| mBC | metastatic breast cancer |
| mCRC | metastatic colorectal cancer |
| MRD | minimal residual disease |
| MSI | microsatellite instability |
| NGS | Next Generation Sequencing |
| NSCLC | non-small cell lung cancer |
| OS | overall survival |
| PBMCs | peripheral blood mononuclear cells |
| PFS | progression-free survival |
| RECIST | Response evaluation criteria in solid tumors |
| RFI | recurrence-free interval |
| RFS | recurrence-free survival |
| SNV | single nucleotide variant |
| TMB | tumor mutation burden |
| VAF | variant allele frequency |
| WBC | white blood cells |
| WES | whole-exome sequencing |