| 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 |