| CTC | Circulating tumor cell | OS | Overall survival |
| CEC | Circulating epithelial cell | PFS | Progression-free survival |
| tCTC | Total CTC | EUS | Endoscopic ultrasound |
| mCTC | Mesenchymal/epithelial CTC | FNA | Fine-needle aspiration |
| eCTC | Epithelial CTC | CK | Cytokeratin |
| PDAC | Pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma | ZEB1 | Zinc finger homebox 1 |
| IPMN | Intraductal papillary mucinous neoplasm | SeFish | Immunostaining-fluorescence in situ hybridization |
| EMT | Epithelial-mesenchymal transition | HER2 | Human epidermal growth factor receptor 2 |
| MET | Mesenchymal-epithelial transition | TIC | Tumor initiating cell |
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