| ADL | Activities of Daily Living |
| AE | Adverse event |
| AS | Active surveillance |
| CARG | Cancer and Aging Research Group |
| ccRCC | Clear-cell renal cell carcinoma |
| CFS | Clinical Frailty Scale |
| CGA | Comprehensive Geriatric Assessment |
| CIRS-G | Cumulative Illness Rating Scale—Geriatrics |
| ctDNA | Circulating tumor DNA |
| DISSRM | Delayed Intervention and Surveillance for Small Renal Masses |
| ECOG | Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group |
| EORTC | European Organisation for Research and Treatment of Cancer |
| G8 | Geriatric 8 screening tool |
| GDS-15 | 15-item Geriatric Depression Scale |
| HIF-2α | Hypoxia-inducible factor 2 alpha |
| IADL | Instrumental Activities of Daily Living |
| ICI | Immune checkpoint inhibitor |
| irAE | Immune-related adverse event |
| KIM-1 | Kidney injury molecule-1 |
| KPS | Karnofsky Performance Status |
| MeSHs | Medical Subject Headings |
| MNA | Mini Nutritional Assessment |
| MNA-SF | Mini Nutritional Assessment—Short Form |
| MoCA | Montreal Cognitive Assessment |
| mTOR | Mammalian target of rapamycin |
| OCEBM | Oxford Centre for Evidence-Based Medicine |
| ORR | Objective response rate |
| OS | Overall survival |
| PD-1 | Programmed death-1 |
| PD-L1 | Programmed death-ligand 1 |
| PFS | Progression-free survival |
| PROM | Patient-reported outcome measure |
| QoL | Quality of life |
| SBRT | Stereotactic body radiotherapy |
| SII | Systemic immune–inflammation index |
| TKI | Tyrosine kinase inhibitor |
| TrAE | Treatment-related adverse event |
| VEGF | Vascular endothelial growth factor |
| VEGFR | Vascular endothelial growth factor receptor |