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However, the extent to which these recommendations have been adopted in clinical practice remains unclear. Thus, we sought to characterize current practice patterns and beliefs regarding EUS-TA for solid pancreatic masses in a large, international cohort of endosonographers.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Methods<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>We developed and distributed an electronic survey to 1,281 endosonographers worldwide between September and November 2024. The survey aimed to evaluate EUS-TA practices across six domains: A) needle selection, B) sampling technique, C) method guiding the number of passes, D) specimen handling, E) quality indicator (QI) monitoring, and F) factors influencing decision-making.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Results<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>\n                      The response rate was 30% (\n                      <jats:italic>n<\/jats:italic>\n                      \u2009=\u2009376). Most endosonographers often or always use fine needle biopsy (FNB) needles (90%) of 22-gauge (85%) and Franseen design (53%). The majority use a fanning technique (79%) and perform\u2009\u2264\u200910 actuations (60%). The number of FNB passes is mostly guided by visual on-site evaluation (60%). Advanced EUS imaging utilization was low (EUS elastography: 14%; contrast-enhanced EUS: 8%). Institutional QI monitoring was reported by 51% of endosonographers. Compared to other regions, endosonographers in North America are more likely to use rapid on-site evaluation, but less likely to use advanced EUS imaging modalities or have QI monitoring (all\n                      <jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>\n                      \u2009&lt;\u20090.001).\n                    <\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Conclusion<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>There are significant global variations in EUS-TA practices for solid pancreatic masses. 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Krishna receives research grant support (investigator-initiated studies) from Mauna Kea Technologies, Paris, France, and Taewoong Medical, USA. Dr. Yen-I Chen serves as a consultant for Boston Scientific and Cook Medical. Dr. Sachin Wani serves as a consultant for Exact Sciences, Lucid, Cyted, Boston Scientific, and Enterotracker and receives research funding from Cyted, Lucid, Exact Sciences, CDx Diagnostics. Dr. Veeral M. Oza serves as a consultant for Boston Scientific and Medtronic. Dr. Sergio A. S\u00e1nchez-Luna serves as a consultant for Apollo Endosurgery\/Boston Scientific, Fujifilm, and Olympus. Dr. Jorge D. Machicado receives research funding from ACG Junior Faculty Career Development Award and Robert A. Winn Excellence in Clinical Trials Career Development Award and served on an advisory board of Amgen LCM and Pulse Biosciences. Dr. Samuel Tanner,\u00a0Dr. Ricardo Marin, Dr. Alberto Espino, Dr. Naveen Arya, Dr. Vinay Dhir, Dr. Antonio Facciorusso, Dr. Nauzer Forbes, Dr. Anand V. Sahai, Dr. Anthony Teoh, Dr. C. Mel Wilcox, Dr. Truptesh Korthari have no conflicts of interests or financial ties to disclose.","order":1,"name":"Ethics","label":"Disclosures","group":{"name":"EthicsHeading","label":"Declarations"}}]}}