| ACC | accuracy |
| ALP | alkaline phosphatase |
| AUC | area under the ROC curve |
| BBD | benign biliary diseases |
| CA19-9 | carbohydrate antigen 19-9 |
| CART | Classification and Regression Tree |
| CCA | cholangiocarcinoma |
| CI | confidence interval |
| DT | decision tree |
| ECLIA | electrochemiluminescence immunoassay |
| ELISA | enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay |
| GI | gastrointestinal cancers |
| HCC | hepatocellular carcinoma |
| LR | likelihood ratio |
| MUC5AC | mucin 5AC |
| NPV | negative predictive value |
| OD | optical density |
| OR | odd ratios |
| PPV | positive predictive value |
| ROC | receiver operating characteristic curve |
| S100A9 | S100 calcium binding protein A9 |
| SN | sensitivity |
| SP | specificity |
| TGF-β1 | transforming growth factor β1 |
| TMB | tetramethylbenzidine |
| YI | Youden index |