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EUS-FNB (EUS-guided fine-needle biopsy sampling), PanNET (pancreatic neuroendocrine tumor), WHO (World Health Organization)Purchase one-time access:
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DISCLOSURE: All authors disclosed no financial relationships.
DIVERSITY, EQUITY, AND INCLUSION: We worked to ensure gender balance in the recruitment of human subjects. We worked to ensure ethnic or other types of diversity in the recruitment of human subjects. We worked to ensure that the language of the study questionnaires reflected inclusion.