| AUC | area under the receiver operating characteristic curve |
| DR | dissociated response |
| GEE | generalized estimating equation |
| HPD | hyperprogressive disease |
| ICI | immune checkpoint inhibitor |
| iRECIST | modified RECIST 1.1 for immune-based therapeutics |
| irRC | immune-related response criteria |
| irRECIST | immune-related RECIST |
| NSCLC | non-small cell lung cancer |
| OS | overall survival |
| PD | progressive disease |
| PD-1 | receptor programmed cell death 1 |
| PD-L1 | programmed death ligand 1 |
| PR | partial response |
| ROC | receiver operating characteristic |
| SD | stable disease |
| TGK | tumor growth kinetics |