| AGREE | Appraisal of Guidelines, REsearch and Evaluation tool |
| AMSTAR | A MeaSurement Tool to Assess systematic Reviews |
| ASCO | American Society of Clinical Oncology |
| ASTRO | American Society for Radiation Oncology |
| cGY | centigray |
| CI | confidence interval |
| CRT | chemoradiation therapy |
| DFS | disease free survival |
| ECRI | Emergency Care Research Institute |
| ESMO | European Society for Medical Oncology |
| HR | hazard radio |
| OS | overall survival |
| p | p value |
| PDAC | pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma |
| PFS | progression free survival |
| QOL | quality of life |
| RCT | randomized controlled trial |
| RoB | risk of bias |
| ROBINS-I | Risk Of Bias In Non-Randomized Studies-of Interventions tool |
| SBRT | stereotactic body radiation therapy |