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. 2025 Sep 5;17(17):2920. doi: 10.3390/cancers17172920
AJCC American Joint Committee on Cancer
AI Artificial intelligence
AMS Atypical mole syndrome
BIN BAP1-inactivated nevus
CDS Cumulative solar damage
CLND Complete lymph node resection
CNS Central nervous system
ctDNA Circulating tumor DNA
cTNM Clinical stage group
CT Scan Computed tomography
DPN Deep penetrating nevus
FAMMM Familial atypical multiple mole and melanoma
FISH Fluorescence in situ hybridization
GEP Gene expression profiling
HAV Herpes simplex virus
IAMP Intraepidermal atypical melanocytic proliferation
IAMPUS Intraepidermal atypical melanocytic proliferation of uncertain significance
IMP Intraepidermal melanocytic proliferation without atypia
LDH Lactate dehydrogenase
LM Lentigo maligna
LMM Lentigo maligna melanoma
MAPK Mitogen-activated protein kinase
MELTUMP Melanocytic tumor of uncertain malignant potential
miRNAs MicroRNAs
MIS Melanoma in situ
MMS Mohs micrographic surgery
MRI Resonance imaging
NNMT N-methyltransferase
PD-1 Programmed cell death protein 1
PD-L1 Programmed cell death-ligand 1
PET-CT Positron emission tomography
PEM Pigmented epithelioid melanocytoma
PI3K Phosphatidyl inositol 3-kinase
PON2 Paraoxonase-2
pTNM Pathological stage group
RGP Radial growth phase
SLN Sentinel lymph node
SLNB Sentinel lymph node biopsy
SSM Superficial spreading melanoma
STUMP Spitzoid tumor of uncertain malignant potential
T-VEC Talimogene laherparepvec
UV Ultraviolet
VGP Vertical growth phase
WHO World Health Organization