| AARP | American Association of Retired Persons | 
| ACS | American Cancer Society | 
| AYA | Adolescent and young adult | 
| CDC | Centers for Disease Control | 
| CHK1 | Checkpoint kinase homolog 1 | 
| CHK2 | Checkpoint kinase homolog 2 | 
| HMT | Histone methyltransferases | 
| miRNAs | MicroRNAs | 
| NHW | Non-Hispanic whites | 
| PTM | Post-transcriptional modifications | 
| QOL | Quality of life | 
| ROS | Reactive oxygen species | 
| SNP | Single nucleotide polymorphism | 
| T2DM | Type 2 diabetes mellitus | 
| US | United States | 
| WHO | World Health Organization |