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Neutrophil extracellular traps (NETs), chromatin fibers expulsed by neutrophil granulocytes, can promote immunotherapy resistance via an impairment of CD8+ T cell-mediated cytotoxicity. Here, to identify a potential therapeutic target, we investigate the expulsion of NETs and their relation to CD8+ T cell infiltration in NMSC. Immunofluorescence staining for neutrophils (CD15) and NETs (H3cit), as well as immunohistochemistry for cytotoxic T cells (CD8+) on human cSCCs (n = 24), BCCs (n = 17) and MCCs (n = 12), revealed a correlation between neutrophil infiltration and ulceration diameter in BCC and MCC, but not in cSCC. In BCC and cSCC, neutrophil infiltration also correlated with the cross-sectional area (CSA). NETs were not associated with established risk factors but with the presence of an ulceration, and, in cSCC, with abscess-like structures. CD8+ T cell infiltration was not reduced in tumors that were NET-positive nor in those with a denser neutrophil infiltration. 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