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. 2026 Jun 12;18(12):1914. doi: 10.3390/cancers18121914
AJCC American Joint Committee on Cancer
ALK Anaplastic lymphoma kinase
BMI Body mass index
CHT-ICI Chemo-immunotherapy
CI Confidence interval
COPD Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
CT Computed tomography
CTCAEs Common Terminology Criteria for Adverse Events
DFS Disease-free survival
EAP Expanded access program
EBUS Endobronchial ultrasound
ECOG Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group
EFS Event-free survival
EGFR Epidermal growth factor receptor
EUS Endoscopic ultrasonography
IASLC International Association for the Study of Lung Cancer
ICI Immune checkpoint inhibitor
ICU Intensive care unit
LA-NSCLC Locally advanced non-small cell lung cancer
MIS Minimally invasive surgery
MPR Major pathological response
MRI Magnetic resonance imaging
NSCLC Non-small cell lung cancer
NPR No pathological response
OR Odds ratio
OS Overall survival
pCR Pathological complete response
PD-L1 Programmed death-ligand 1
PET-CT Positron emission tomography/computed tomography
PPR Partial pathological response
RCT Randomized controlled trial
STROBE Strengthening the Reporting of Observational Studies in Epidemiology
TNM Tumor, node, metastasis
U-VATS Uniportal video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery