| ADA | Anti-drug antibodies |
| ALK | Anaplastic lymphoma kinase |
| APC | Antigen-presenting cell |
| ATG | Antithymocyte globulin |
| BCG | Bacille Calmette–Guerin |
| CD | Cluster of differentiation |
| CRC | Colorectal cancer |
| DCs | Dendritic cells |
| DLBCL | Diffuse large B-cell lymphoma |
| dMMR | Deficient mismatch repair |
| DLs | Dose levels |
| EGFR | Epidermal growth-factor receptor |
| EMT | Epithelial-to-mesenchymal transition |
| ERK | Extracellular signal-regulated kinase |
| ER | Estrogen receptor |
| FDA | Food and Drug Administration |
| FGFR | Fibroblast growth-factor receptor |
| FOX | Forkhead box protein |
| GIST | Gastrointestinal stromal tumors |
| GCB | Germinal center B cell |
| GSK | GlaxoSmithKline |
| GLI | Glioma-associated oncogene homolog |
| Hh | Hedgehog |
| HNSCC | Head and neck squamous-cell carcinoma |
| HL | Hodgkin’s lymphoma |
| ICIs | Immune-checkpoint inhibitors |
| IFN | Interferon gamma |
| IL | Interleukin |
| IRF | Interferon regulatory factor |
| JAK | Janus kinase |
| Kras | Kirsten rat sarcoma viral oncogene |
| LAG | Lymphocyte-activation gene |
| MRI | Magnetic resonance imaging |
| MTD | Maximum tolerated dose |
| MCF | Michigan Cancer Foundation-7 |
| MHC | Major histocompatibility complex |
| MET | Microenvironment |
| MSI-H | Microsatellite instability—high |
| MAPK | Mitogen-activated protein kinase |
| NSCLC | Non-small-cell lung cancer |
| NOTCH | Neurogenic locus notch homolog protein 1 |
| TNF | Tumour necrosis factor |
| NFAT | Nuclear factor of activated T cells |
| OS | Overall survival |
| PDAC | Pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma |
| PBMC | Peripheral blood mononuclear cells |
| PTEN | Phosphatase and tensin homolog |
| PKC | Protein kinase C |
| PET | Positron emission tomography |
| PD | Programmed cell death |
| PD-L | Programmed cell-death ligand |
| RAS | Rat sarcoma |
| RCC | Renal-cell carcinoma |
| STAT | Signal transducer and activator of transcription |
| SMO | Smoothened |
| TCR | T-cell receptor |
| TIM-3 | T-cell immunoglobulin and mucin-domain-containing-3 |
| TLR | Toll-like receptor |
| TNBC | Triple-negative breast cancer |
| TILs | Tumour-infiltrating lymphocytes |
| WNT | Wingless-related integration site |