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. 2025 Mar 27;32(4):194. doi: 10.3390/curroncol32040194
AJCC American Joint Committee on Cancer
ALND Axillary lymph node dissection
AR Androgen receptor
AUC Area under the curve
CA153 Carbohydrate antigen 15-3
CAFs Cancer-associated fibroblasts
CEA Carcinoembryonic antigen
CI Confidence interval
cN Clinical nodal stage
DCA Decision curve analysis
DCs Dendritic cells
DFS Disease-free survival
ECM Extracellular matrix
ECs Endothelial cells
ER Estrogen receptor
HDI Human development index
Her2 Human epidermal growth factor receptor-2
HR Hormone receptor
IDC Invasive ductal carcinoma
IDI Integrated discrimination improvement
IHC Immunohistochemistry
IIBs Immune-inflammatory biomarkers
ISH In situ hybridization
ITC Isolated tumor cells
MP Miller–Payne
NAC Neoadjuvant chemotherapy
NK cells Natural killer cells
NLR Neutrophil-to-lymphocyte ratio
NRI Net reclassification improvement
OR Odds ratio
OS Overall survival
pCR Pathologic complete response
PIV Pan-immune inflammation value
PLR Platelet-to-lymphocyte ratio
PR Progesterone receptor
RCB Residual cancer burden
RECIST Response Evaluation Criteria in Solid Tumors
ROC Receiver operating characteristic
SII Systemic immune inflammation index
SIRI Systemic inflammation response index
SLNB Sentinel lymph node biopsy
TME Tumor microenvironment
TNBC Triple-negative breast cancer
ypN Post-neoadjuvant pathological nodal staging