| 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 |