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. 2026 Oct 18;18(20):3367. doi: 10.3390/cancers18203367
AGREE-II Appraisal of Guidelines for Research and Evaluation, version II
AJCC-8 American Joint Committee on Cancer, 8th edition
AMSTAR-2 A Measurement Tool to Assess Systematic Reviews, version 2
BCC Basal cell carcinoma
BWH Brigham and Women’s Hospital tumour staging for cSCC
CAF Cancer-associated fibroblast
CDKN2A Cyclin-dependent kinase inhibitor 2A
cSCC Cutaneous squamous cell carcinoma
DSS Disease-specific survival
EADO European Association of Dermato-Oncology
ECM Extracellular matrix
EDF European Dermatology Forum
EMT Epithelial–mesenchymal transition
GBD Global Burden of Disease
GLI1/GLI2 Glioma-associated oncogene transcription factors 1 and 2
HHI Hedgehog pathway inhibitor
HPV Human papillomavirus
JBI Joanna Briggs Institute
KC Keratinocyte carcinoma
LOX Lysyl oxidase
LVI Lymphovascular invasion
MMP Matrix metalloproteinase
MMS Mohs micrographic surgery
NCCN National Comprehensive Cancer Network
NMSC Non-melanoma skin cancer
NOTCH Notch signalling pathway
OS Overall survival
PD-1/PD-L1 Programmed cell death protein 1/its ligand
PECO Population–Exposure–Comparator–Outcome
PNI Perineural invasion
PRISMA Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses
PTCH1 Patched 1 receptor
RT Radiotherapy
SMO Smoothened receptor
TIMP Tissue inhibitor of metalloproteinases
TMB Tumour mutational burden
TME Tumour microenvironment
TP53 Tumour protein p53
UV Ultraviolet radiation