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. 2023 Jul 3;14:1227797. doi: 10.3389/fimmu.2023.1227797

Table 1.

Summarization of abbreviations and their full name.

Abbreviation Full name
SCLC Small cell lung cancer
NSCLC Non-small cell lung cancer
LUAD Lung adenocarcinoma
LSCC Lung squamous cell carcinoma
LLCC Lung large cell carcinoma
CCRT Concurrent chemoradiotherapy
PD-1 Programmed death 1
PD-L1 Programmed death 1 ligand
CTLA-4 Cytotoxic-T-lymphocyte-associated protein 4
anti-PD-1 Anti-programmed death 1
anti-PD-L1 Anti-programmed death 1 ligand
anti-CTLA-4 Anti-cytotoxic-T-lymphocyte-associated protein 4
FDA Food and Drug Administration
ORR Overall response rate
OS Overall survival
PFS Progression-free survival
EGFR Epidermal growth factor receptor
ALK Anaplastic lymphoma kinase
TMB Tumor mutation burden
mut/Mb Mutations/megabase
IV Intravenously
TMB-H TMB-high
ES-SCLC Extensive-stage SCLC
ICIs Immune checkpoint inhibitors
WES Whole exome sequencing
MMR Mismatch repair
MSI Microsatellite instability
dMMR MMR deficiency
VAF Variant allele fraction
bTMB Blood TMB
ctDNA Circulating tumor DNA
TILs Tumor infiltrating lymphocytes
QIF Quantitative immunofluorescence
SCFAs Short chain fatty acids
TME Tumor microenvironment
CAR-T Chimeric antigen receptor T
NSqNSCLC nonsquamous non-small-cell lung cancer
nab nano-particle albumin-bound
ECOG Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group
TPS Tumor Proportion Score