| PSA | prostate-specific antigen |
| qRT-PCR | quantitative real time polymerase chain reaction |
| ROC | receiver operating characteristic |
| RT | Reverse transcriptase |
| snRNA | small nuclear ribonucleic acid |
| CT | cycle threshold |
| Bmi-1 | B cell-specific Moloney murine leukemia virus integration site 1 |
| EMT | epithelial mesenchymal transition |
| ERBB | receptor tyrosine kinases |
| DOHH | deoxyhypusine hydroxylase |
| HuR | human antigen R |
| miRNA | microRNA |