| HNSTS | head and neck soft tissue sarcoma |
| STS | soft tissue sarcoma |
| NRI | nutritional risk index |
| BMI | body mass index |
| ALB | serum albumin |
| OS | overall survival |
| PFS | progression-free survival |
| SYSUCC | Sun Yat-sen University Cancer Center |
| AJCC | American Joint Committee on Cancer |
| FNCLCC | French Federation of Cancer Centers Sarcoma Group |
| MRI | magnetic resonance imaging |
| IQR | interquartile range |
| SD | standard deviation |
| C-index | concordance index |
| AUC | area under the curve |
| ROC | receiver operating characteristic |
| CONUT | controlling nutritional status |
| GPS | Glasgow prognostic score |
| PNI | prognostic nutritional index |