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. 2025 Nov 13;14(22):8042. doi: 10.3390/jcm14228042
ACG American College of Gastroenterology
AE Adverse event
AGA American Gastroenterological Association
AI Artificial intelligence
APC Adenomatous polyposis coli (gene)
AXIN2 Axis inhibition protein 2 (gene)
BLI Blue light imaging
BRAF v-RAF murine sarcoma viral oncogene homolog B1 (gene)
BSG British Society of Gastroenterology
CE Chromoendoscopy
CD Crohn’s disease
CIN Chromosomal instability
CIMP CpG island methylator phenotype
CIMP-H CpG island methylator phenotype–high
CIMP-L CpG island methylator phenotype–low
CRC Colorectal cancer
CRN Colorectal neoplasia
DCE Dye-based chromoendoscopy
ECCO European Crohn’s and Colitis Organisation
EMR Endoscopic mucosal resection
ER Endoscopic resection
ESGE European Society of Gastrointestinal Endoscopy
ESD Endoscopic submucosal dissection
FBXW7 F-box/WD repeat-containing protein 7 (gene)
HD-WLE High-definition white-light endoscopy
HGD High-grade dysplasia
HP Hyperplastic polyp
HR-CAN High-risk colorectal advanced neoplasia
IBD Inflammatory bowel disease
IBD-CRC IBD-associated colorectal cancer
LGD Low-grade dysplasia
LST-NG Laterally spreading tumor—non-granular type
MCC Mutated in colorectal cancers (gene)
MDT Multidisciplinary team
MLH1 MutL homolog 1 (gene)
Mo months
MSI-H Microsatellite instability–high
MSS Microsatellite stable
NBI Narrow band imaging
NGS Next-generation sequencing
NOS Not otherwise specified
OS Overall survival
PSC Primary sclerosing cholangitis
Pts patients
QA Quality assurance
R0 Complete (negative-margin) resection
R1 Incomplete (positive-margin) resection
RNF43 Ring Finger Protein 43 (gene)
SCENIC Surveillance for Colorectal Endoscopic Neoplasia Detection and Management in IBD Consensus
SEC Serrated epithelial change
SD-NOS Serrated dysplasia—not otherwise specified
sCRC Sporadic colorectal cancer
SMOC1 SPARC-related modular calcium-binding protein 1 (gene)
SP Serrated polyp
SPU Serrated polyp, unclassified
SSA/P Sessile serrated adenoma/polyp (historical term, mapped as SSL)
SSP Sessile serrated polyp (historical term, mapped as SSL)
SSL Sessile serrated lesion
SSL-D Sessile serrated lesion with dysplasia
TSA Traditional serrated adenoma
UC Ulcerative colitis
U-EMR Underwater endoscopic mucosal resection
U-ESD Underwater endoscopic submucosal dissection
VCE Virtual chromoendoscopy
WHO World Health Organization
WNT Wingless/integrated signaling pathway
ZNRF3 Zinc and ring finger 3 (gene)