| ABCA3 | ATP Binding Cassette Subfamily A Member 3 protein coding gene |
| ALL | Acute lymphoblastic leukemia |
| AML | Acute myeloblastic leukemia |
| ANTP homeobox oncogenes | Antennapedia homeobox oncogenes |
| B-ALL | B-cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia |
| Bcl-2 | B-cell lymphoma 2 |
| BCP-ALL | B-cell progenitor acute lymphoblastic leukemia |
| BCR-ABL | BCR ABL fusion genes |
| BEX1 | Brain Expressed X-Linked 1 protein coding gene |
| BFM therapy | Berlin-Frankfurt-Münster therapy |
| CASP8AP2 | Caspase 8 associated protein 2 |
| CDKN2A | Cyclin Dependent Kinase Inhibitor 2A |
| CGIs | CpG islands |
| CIMP | CpG Island Methylator Phenotype |
| CIMP | negative CGI methylator phenotype |
| CIMP+ | positive CGI methylator phenotype |
| CIR3y | 3-year cumulative incidence of relapse |
| CNS | Central nervous system; |
| COSMe | CpG island and Open Sea Methylation |
| COSMe-I | CpG island and Open Sea Methylation type I |
| COSMe-II | CpG island and Open Sea Methylation type II |
| CREBBP | CREB Binding Protein |
| CSF | Cerebrospinal fluid |
| DMR | Differentially methylated region |
| DNMT inhibitors | Inhibitors of DNA methyltransferases |
| DOT1L | Disruptor of telomeric silencing 1 |
| EPZ-5676 | Pinometostat |
| ETV6 | ETS translocation variant gene 6 |
| ETV6-RUNX | ETV6 RUNX fusion gene |
| FDA | Food and Drug Administration |
| H3K79me | Histone H3 lysine methylation |
| H4R3sme2 | symmetric dimethylation of H4R3 |
| HAT | histone acetyltransferase |
| HDAC | histone deacetylase |
| HDACi | HDAC Inhibitors |
| HMAs | Hypomethylating agents |
| Hyper-CVAD | Hyperfractionated cyclophosphamide, vincristine, doxorubicin, and dexamethasone |
| KMT2A | lysine methyltransferase 2A protein coding gene |
| MDS | Myelodysplastic syndromes |
| MiRNA | Micro RNA; |
| MLL | Mixed Lineage Leukaemia |
| MRD | Minimal Residual Disease |
| MYO18B | Myosin XVIIIB protein coding gene |
| NR3C1 protein | Nuclear Receptor Subfamily 3 Group C Member 1 protein |
| P2RY8-CRLF2 | P2RY8-CRLF2 fusion gene |
| PCDH17 | Protocadherin 17 protein coding gene |
| Ph+ | Philadelphia chromosome positive |
| PLCB4 | Phospholipase C Beta 4 protein coding gene |
| PLXND1 | Plexin D1 protein coding gene |
| PRC2 | Polycomb Repressor Complex 2 |
| PRMT5 | Protein arginine methyltransferase 5 |
| SNP | Single Nucleotide Polymorphism |
| STIL-TAL1 | STIL TAL1 fusion genes |
| TAL1 | TAL BHLH Transcription Factor 1 coding gene |
| T-ALL | T-cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia |
| TCF3-PBX1 | TCF3-PBX1 fusion gene |
| TET | Ten-eleven translocation |
| VEGF-A | Vascular endothelial growth factor A |
| WIF1 | Wnt Inhibitory Factor 1 |