| MSAF | maximum somatic allele frequency; |
| bTMB | blood-based tumor mutational burden |
| tTMB | tissue-based tumor mutational burden |
| AF | allele frequency |
| OS | overall survival |
| PFS | progression-free survival |
| HR | hazard ratio |
| NSCLC | non-small cell lung cancer |
| ICIs | immune checkpoint inhibitors |
| GCGD | Geneplus Cancer Genome Database |
| Ma-bTMB | MSAF-adjusted bTMB |
| LAF-bTMB | low allele frequency-bTMB |
| ITH | intratumor heterogeneity |
| PD-1 | programmed death 1 |
| PD-L1 | programmed death ligand 1 |
| ctDNA | circulating tumor DNA |