| BRCA | breast cancer |
| DFS | disease-free survival |
| FC | fold change |
| FPKM | Fragments Per Kilobase Million |
| HR | Hazard Ratio |
| Lum A | luminal A |
| Lum B | luminal B |
| LncRNA | Long non-coding RNAs |
| NRU | NORAD repeat unit |
| OS | overall survival |
| RBP | RNA-binding protein |
| RNP | ribonucleoprotein particle |
| ROC | receiver operating characteristic |
| PRE | PUM recognition element |
| TCGA | The Cancer Genome Atlas |
| TRN | transcriptional regulatory network |