ALK	Anaplastic lymphoma kinase
AMP	Association for Molecular Pathology
BRAF	v-raf murine sarcoma viral oncogene homolog B1
CAP	College of American Pathologists
cfDNA	Cell-free DNA
ctDNA	Circulating-tumour DNA
CI	Confidence interval
CNV	Copy number variation
ddPCR	Droplet digital polymerase chain reaction
ECOG	Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group
EGFR	Epidermal growth factor receptor
HER2	Human epidermal growth factor receptor 2
HR	Hazard ratio
IASLC	International Association for the Study of Lung Cancer
KRAS	Kirsten rat sarcoma
LB	Liquid biopsy
MeSH	Medical subject headings
MET	Mesenchymal–epithelial transition factor
mOS	Medial overall survival
mPFS	Median progression-free survival
MRD	Minimal residual disease
NGS	Next-generation sequencing
NSCLC	Non-small-cell lung cancer
NOS	Newcastle–Ottawa Scale
NTRK	Neurotrophic tyrosine receptor kinase
ORR	Overall response rate
OS	Overall survival
PCR	Polymerase chain reaction
PD-L1	Programmed-death-ligand 1
PFS	Progression-free survival
pHR	Pooled hazard ratio
PRISMA	Preferred Reporting Items for Systemic Review and Meta-Analyses
RET	Rearranged during transfection
ROS-1	C-ros oncogene 1
TKI	Tyrosine kinase inhibitor
TSG	Tumour suppressor gene
VAF	Variant allele frequency