| AI | artificial intelligence |
| ALC | adenocarcinoma of lung |
| ALK | anaplastic lymphoma kinase |
| AUC | under the ROC curve |
| cfDNA | cell-free DNA |
| circRNA | circulatory RNA |
| CTC | circulating tumour cell |
| CXR | chest X-rays |
| EB | exhaled biomarkers |
| EBC | exhaled biomarker condensate |
| GWAS | genome wide association studies |
| KRAS | Kirsten rat sarcoma viral oncogene homolog |
| LB | liquid biopsy |
| LC | lung cancer |
| LDCT | low dose CT scan |
| NLST | National Lung Screening Trial of the US |
| NPV | negative predictive value |
| PPV | positive predictive value |
| ROC | receiver operating characteristic curve |
| SqCLC | squamous cell carcinoma of lung |
| SN | sensitivity |
| SNPs | single nucleotide polymorphisms |
| SP | specificity |
| TAM | tumour-associated macrophages |
| TMB | tumour mutational burden |
| TME | tumour microenvironment |
| TKI | tyrosine kinase inhibitor |