| CAPS | International Cancer of the Pancreas Screening Consortium |
| EUROPAC | European Registry of Hereditary Pancreatitis and Familial Pancreas Cancer |
| EUS | endoscopic ultrasonography |
| EUS-FNA | endoscopic ultrasonography-guided fine needle aspiration |
| FAMMM | familial atypical multiple mole melanoma |
| FAP | familial adenomatous polyposis |
| FaPaCa | German National Case Collection for Familial Pancreatic Carcinoma |
| FDR | first-degree relative |
| FPC | familial pancreatic cancer |
| HBOC | hereditary breast ovarian cancer syndrome |
| HP | hereditary pancreatitis |
| HR | homologous recombination |
| HRI | high-risk individual |
| IPMN | intraductal papillary mucinous neoplasm |
| JFPCR | Japanese Familial Pancreatic Cancer Registry |
| LS | Lynch syndrome |
| MPD | main pancreatic duct |
| MRCP | magnetic resonance cholangiopancreatography |
| MRI | magnetic resonance imaging |
| NFPTR | National Familial Pancreas Tumor Registry |
| OR | odds ratio |
| PanIN | pancreatic intraepithelial neoplasm |
| PARP | poly ADP-ribose polymerase |
| PC | pancreatic cancer |
| PJS | Peutz-Jeghers syndrome |
| RR | relative risk |
| SIR | standardized incidence ratio |
| SPC | sporadic pancreatic cancer |
| FOLFIRINOX | fluorouracil, folic acid, irinotecan, and oxaliplatin |
| POLO | pancreas cancer olaparib ongoing |