AUC	area under curve
BEAMing	beads, emulsion, amplification, magnetics
CA 19-9	carbohydrate antigen
CDKN2A	cyclin dependent kinase inhibitor 2A
cfDNA	circulating free DNA
CK	cytokeratin
CP	chronic pancreatitis
CTCs	circulating tumor cells
CTEC	tumor vascular endothelial cells
ctDNA	circulating tumor DNA
DFS	disease free survival
DPC4	delete in Pancreatic Cancer-4
dPCR	digital PCR
ddPCR	droplet digital PCR
ECM	extracellular matrix
EMT	epithelial–mesenchymal transition
EpCAM	epithelial cell adhesion
EV	extracellular vesicles
FDA	Food and Drug Administration
GPC1	Glypican-1
KRAS	Kristen rat sarcoma
LB	liquid biopsy
MIF	macrophage migration inhibitory factor
miRNA	micro-RNA
MST	median survival time
NAC	Neoadjuvant chemotherapy
NGS	next-generation sequencing
OS	overall survival
PCR	allele-specific polymerase chain reaction
PDAC	pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma
SMAD4	SMAD family member4
TEP	tumor-educated platelet
TP53	tumor protein 53