| TB | Tumor budding |
| HNSCC | Head and neck squamous cell carcinoma |
| ITBCC | International Tumor Budding Consensus Conference |
| ROC | Receiver operating characteristics |
| OS | Overall survival |
| DFS | Disease-free survival |
| AUC | Area under the curve |
| CI | Confidence interval |
| HR | Hazard ratio |
| OR | Odds ratio |
| AJCC | American Joint Committee on Cancer |
| ENE | Extranodal extension |
| LVI | Lymphovascular invasion |
| PNI | Perineural invasion |