| ACG | American College of Gastroenterology |
| ASGE | American Society of Gastrointestinal Endoscopy |
| CEH-EUS | contrast-enhanced harmonic endoscopic ultrasound |
| CT | computed tomography |
| EUS | endoscopic ultrasound |
| EUS-E | endoscopic ultrasound elastography |
| pSR | parenchymal strain ratio |
| wSR | wall strain ratio |
| EUS-FNA | endoscopic ultrasound fine needle aspiration |
| EUS-FNB | endoscopic ultrasound fine needle biopsy |
| EUS-TTNFB | endoscopic ultrasound-guided through-the-needle forceps biopsy |
| FFPE | formalin-fixed paraffin embedded |
| MRI | magnetic resonance imaging. |
| NGS | next-generation sequencing |
| OCE | onsite cytological evaluation |
| PDAC | pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma |
| PDX | patient-derived xenografts |
| RCT | randomized controlled trial |
| ROSE | rapid on-site evaluation |
| SEER | surveillance epidemiology and end results database |
| UEGW | United European Gastroenterology Week |
| nCLE | Needle-based confocal laser endomicroscopy |
| EUS-TTNFB | EUS-guided through-the-needle forceps biopsy |
| (ESGE) | European Society of Gastrointestinal Endoscopy |