| Akt | serine/threonine protein kinase |
| ALK | anaplastic lymphoma kinase |
| ATP | adenosine triphosphate |
| Bcl-2 | B-cell lymphoma-2 |
| BRAF | v-raf murine sarcoma viral oncogene homolog B1 |
| bFGF | basic fibroblast growth factor |
| C797S | EGFR exon 20 P. C797S |
| CNS | central nervous system |
| CCDC6 | coiled-coil domain containing 6-rearrange during transfection |
| CSF | colony-stimulating factor |
| ctDNA | circulating tumor DNA |
| DCR | disease control rate |
| EGFR | epidermal growth factor receptor |
| EGFR-TKIs | epidermal growth factor receptor tyrosine kinase inhibitors |
| EMT | Epithelial mesenchymal transition |
| EML4 | echinoderm microtubule-associated protein-like-4 |
| ErbB | erythroblastosis oncogene B |
| ERC1 | excision repair cross complementing 1 |
| ex19del | EGFR exon 19 deletion |
| ex20ins | EGFR exon 20 insertion |
| FDA | Food and Drug Administration |
| FGF2 | fibroblast growth factor 2 |
| FGFR | fibroblast growth factor receptor |
| G719X | EGFR exon 18 p.G719X |
| G796R | EGFR exon 20 p.G796R |
| G796S/D | EGFR exon 20 p.G796S/D |
| HER | human epidermal growth factor receptor |
| HER2 | human epidermal growth factor receptor 2 |
| HR | hazard ratio |
| KRAS | kirsten rat sarcoma |
| L718Q | EGFR exon p.18 L718Q |
| L792H | EGFR exon p.20 L792H |
| L792F/R/Y/V/P/I/S | EGFR exon 20 p.L792F/R/Y/V/P/I/S |
| L798I | EGFR exon 20 p.L798I |
| L858R | EGFR exon 21 p. L858R |
| L861Q | EGFR exon 21 p. L861Q |
| MAPK | mitogen-activate protein kinase |
| MET | mesenchymal to epithelial transition factor |
| mTOR | mammalian target of the rapamycin |
| mPFS | median progression-free survival |
| mOS | median overall survival |
| NCCN | National Comprehensive Cancer Network |
| NMPA | National Medical Products Administration |
| NSCLC | non-small cell lung cancer |
| NTRK | neurotrophic tyrosine receptor kinase |
| ORR | objective response rate |
| OS | overall survival |
| PD-L1 | programmed cell death 1 ligand1 |
| PPARγ | Peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor gamma |
| PFS | progression-free survival |
| PI3K | phosphatidylinositol-3-kinase |
| PIK3CA | Phosphatidylinositol-4,5-bisphosphate 3-kinase catalytic subunit alpha |
| PTEN | phosphatase and tensin homology deleted on chromosome 10 |
| RCT | randomized controlled trials |
| RET | rearrange during transfection |
| RWS | randomized-withdrawal study |
| ROS1 | c-ros oncogene 1 receptor tyrosine kinase |
| S768I | EGFR exon 20 p.S768I |
| SCC | squamous cell carcinoma |
| SCLC | transformation into small cell lung cancer |
| SqCC | lung squamous cell carcinoma |
| SPTBN1 | spectrin beta non-erythrocytic 1 |
| TACC3 | transforming acidic coiled coil protein 3 |
| T-DM1 | Trastuzumab emtansine |
| TGFR | transforming growth factor receptor |
| TMP3 | thrombopoietin mimetic peptide 3 |
| T790M | EGFR exon 20 p.T790M |
| VEGF | vascular endothelial growth factor |
| VEGFR2 | vascular endothelial growth factor receptor 2 |
| WHO | World Health Organization |