| 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 |