Melanoma cases higher in rural areas, study finds

Source: Spartan News Room, November 2022

LANSING – Residents of Michigan’s rural counties are much more likely to get melanoma – skin cancer – than urban residents in the state, a new study has found.

One reason for that dramatic disparity: lack of dermatologists in rural counties.

“Michigan has almost twice the number of dermatologists per capita practicing in urban counties,” the research team said.

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