| 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 |