| CI | Confidence interval |
| CNS | Central nervous system |
| CTC | Circulating tumor cells |
| CTCAE | Common Terminology Criteria for Adverse Events |
| CTLA-4 | Anti-cytotoxic lymphocyte antigen-4 |
| DC | Dendritic cell |
| ECOG | Estearn Cooperative Oncology Group |
| HR | Hazard ratio |
| ICI | Immune checkpoint inhibitor |
| Ig | Immunoglobulin |
| irAE(s) | Immune-related adverse effect(s) |
| LDH | Lactate dehydrogenase |
| MHC | major histocompatibility complex |
| NK | Natural killer |
| NSCLC | Non-small cell lung cancer |
| OS | Overall survival |
| PD-1 | Programmed death protein-1 |
| PD-L1 | Programmed death ligand-1 |
| PFS | Progression-free survival |
| PS | Performance status |
| RECIST | Response Evaluation Criteria in Solid tumors |
| TAM | tumor associated macrophage |
| TCR | T cell receptor |
| ULN | Upper limit of normal |