APPs	acute phase proteins
ARFI	Acoustic Radiation Force Impulse
Ca15-3	cancer antigen 15-3
CDK	cyclin -dependent kinases
CEA	carcinoembryonic antigen
CEUS	contrast-enhanced ultrasound
CCL2	CC chemokine ligand 2
CGS	cytological grading system
CMT	canine mammary tumor
CMTs	canine mammary tumors
COX-2	cyclo-oxygenase-2
CRP	C- reactive protein
DEGs	differentially expressed genes
E-cadherin	epithelial cadherin
ER	estrogen receptor
ER+	estrogen receptor positive
ER-	estrogen receptor negative
FNAC	fine needle aspiration cytology
HER-2	human epidermal receptor 2
HSPs	heat shock proteins
HBC	human breast cancer
HBCs	human breast cancers
iNOS	isoform of nitric oxide
iTIM	intratumoral tumor-infiltrating macrophages
Ki-67	antigen Ki-67
miRNA	microRNAs
MS	mass spectrometry
NOS	invasive ductal carcinoma
NMR	nuclear magnetic resonance
OHE	ovariohysterectomy
OTR	oxytocin receptor
PD-1	programmed cell death protein-1
PR	progesterone receptor
PR+	progesterone receptor positive
PR-	progesterone receptor negative
SR	strain ratio
SSMC	staging system of mammary carcinomas
sTIMs	stromal tumor-infiltrating macrophages
VEGF	vascular endothelial growth factor
VEGFR2	vascular endothelial growth factor receptor 2
TIMs	tumor-infiltrating macrophages
TGF-β1	tumor growth factor-β1
TNBC	triple-negative breast cancer
TNF-α	tumor necrosis factor-α
TNM	tumor size (T), nodal stage (N), distant metastasis (M)
tTIMs	total count tumor-infiltrating macrophages
WES	whole-exome sequencing
WTS	whole-transcriptome sequencing