°C	Celsius
ADC	Adenocarcinoma
ALK	Anaplastic Lymphoma Kinase
ANOVA	Analysis of Variance
ASC	Adenosquamous Carcinoma
AUC	Area Under the Curve
BRAF	v-Raf murine sarcoma viral oncogene homolog B1
CI	Confidence Interval
Ct	Threshold cycle
EDTA	Ethylenediaminetetraacetic Acid
EGFR	Epidermal Growth Factor Receptor
HR	Hazard Ratio
KM	Kaplan–Meier
KRAS	Ki-ras2 Kirsten rat sarcoma viral oncogene homolog
LB	Liquid Biopsy
LC	Lung Cancer
LNA	Locked Nucleic Acid
MAFG-AS1	MAFG Antisense RNA 1
MET	MET proto-oncogene, receptor tyrosine kinase
miR	microRNA
mL	milliliters
MRI	Magnetic Resonance Imaging
NSCLC	Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer
OS	Overall Survival
PBMC	Peripheral Blood Mononuclear Cells
PBS	Phosphate-Buffered Saline
PET	Positron Emission Tomography
PIK3CA	Phosphatidylinositol-4,5-bisphosphate 3-kinase catalytic subunit alpha
PTEN	Phosphatase and TENsin homolog
PUMA	p53-Upregulated Modulator of Apoptosis
QC	Quality control
ROC	Receiver Operating Characteristic
ROS-1	ROS proto-oncogene 1
RT-qPCR	Reverse Transcription quantitative Polymerase Chain Reaction
SCC	Squamous Cell Carcinoma
SEM	Standard Error of the Mean
snRNA	small nuclear RNA
SOCS1	Suppressor of Cytokine Signaling 1
SOCS6	Suppressor of Cytokine Signaling 6
SOX12	SRY-Box Transcription Factor 12
TKIs	Tyrosine Kinase Inhibitors
TNM	Tumor-Node-Metastasis staging system
TP53	Tumor Protein p53
U6	U6 small nuclear RNA