ALDH	Aldehyde dehydrogenase
AMPK	AMP-activated protein kinase
ARH1	Aplasia Ras homolog member I
ATG	Autophagy-related
BER	Basic excision repair (BER)
BM	Bone marrow
BM-MSCs	Bone marrow mesenchymal stem cells
BC	Breast cancer
BCSC	Breast cancer stem cells
C.B-17/Icr-scid/scidJc1mice	Severe combined immunodeficient mice
CQ	Chloroquine
CSCs	Cancer stem cells
DMFS	Distant metastasis-free survival
DNMT1	DNA methyltransferase 1
DTCs	Disseminated tumour cells
EC	Endothelial cell
ECM	Extracellular matrix
EDG2	Lysophosphatidic acid receptor
ELEANORS	ESR1 locus enhancing and activating non-coding RNAs
EMT	Epithelial to mesenchymal transition
EphA5	Eph receptor 5
ER	Oestrogen receptor
FTIs	Farnesyl transferase inhibitors
HER2	Human epidermal growth factor receptor 2
IGF-1	Insulin growth factor-1
LncRNAs	Long non-coding RNAs
MALAT1	Metastasis-associated lung adenocarcinoma transcript 1
MHC	Major histocompatibility complex
miRNAs	Micro RNAs
MMC	Mouse mammary carcinoma
MMTV-PyMT	mouse mammary tumour virus-polyoma middle tumour-antigen
MRD	Minimal residual disease
NETs	Neutrophil extracellular traps
OS	Overall survival
Pfkfb3	6-phosphofructo-2-kinase/fructose-2,6-biphosphatase 3
PR	Progesterone receptor
PTX	Pentoxifylline
ROS	Reactive oxygen species
SIM	Simvastatin
TET	Ten-eleven translocation
TME	Tumour microenvironment
TNBC	Triple-negative breast cancer
TRAIL	TNF-alpha-Related Apoptosis-Inducing Ligand
TSP1	Thrombospondin-1