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. 2026 Aug 28;62(9):1655. doi: 10.3390/medicina62091655
AIC/BIC Akaike/Bayesian information criterion
AK Actinic keratosis
AUC Area under the receiver operating characteristic curve
BCC Basal cell carcinoma
CAL Clinically atypical lesion(s)
CI Confidence interval
CS Childhood sunburn
FHM Family history of melanoma
HSC Personal history of skin cancer
MCA Multiple correspondence analysis
MCAR Missing completely at random
NC Nevus count
NNS Number needed to screen (as used in the published literature comparisons only; the study’s own metric is NSpSR, below)
NSpSR Number of patients screened per surgical referral
NPV/PPV Negative/positive predictive value
OR Odds ratio
PAM Partitioning around medoids (k-medoids)
PSD Positive surgical decision
ROC Receiver operating characteristic
SCC Squamous cell carcinoma