ACT	adoptive cell transfer
ADCC	antibody-dependent cellular cytotoxicity
APC	antigen-presenting cell
BC	breast cancer
CAML	cancer-associated macrophage-like cell
CAR	chimeric antigen receptor
CDC	complement-dependent cytotoxicity
CMC	circulating melanoma cell
CRC	colorectal cancer
CS	CellSearch
CSC	cancer stem cell
CTC	circulating tumor cell
CTL	cytotoxic T lymphocyte
CTM	circulating tumor microemboli
DC	dendritic cell
DCreg	regulatory dendritic cell
DFS	disease-free survival
ECM	extracellular matrix
EGFR	epidermal growth factor receptor
EMT	epithelial-to-mesenchymal transition
EpCAM	epithelial cell adhesion molecule
FAS	first apoptosis signal receptor
FDA	Food and Drug Administration
G-CSF	granulocyte-colony stimulating factor
HER2	human epidermal growth factor receptor 2
ILC2	type 2 innate lymphoid cell
mAb	monoclonal antibody
MAM	metastasis-associated macrophage
MHC	major histocompatibility complex
MDSC	myeloid-derived suppressor cell
MET	mesenchymal-to-epithelial transition
MTF	macrophage–tumor cell fusion
NET	neutrophil extracellular trap
NK (cell)	natural killer (cell)
NSCLC	non-small cell lung cancer
OS	overall survival
PBMC	peripheral blood mononuclear cell
PD-L1	programmed death-ligand 1
PFS	progression-free survival
PMo	patrolling monocyte
RANKL	nuclear factor kappa-B ligand
TAM	tumor-associated macrophage
tBreg	tumor-evoked regulatory B cell
TCR	T cell receptor
TDSF	tumor-derived soluble factor
Th (cell)	T helper (cell)
TIL	tumor-infiltrating lymphocyte
TLR	Toll-like receptor
Treg	regulatory T lymphocyte
VCAM-1	vascular cell adhesion molecule-1