Rural Melanoma Patients Have Less Surgery and Higher Melanoma-Specific Mortality.
Alexandra E HernandezKelley N BenckCarlos T HuertaIfeanyichukwu OgobuiroGabriel De La Cruz KuMecker G MöllerPublished in: The American surgeon (2023)
Using a large national cohort, our study found that rural patients were less likely to receive recommended surgery and had shorter melanoma cause-specific survival. Our findings highlight the importance of access to cancer care in rural areas and how this ultimately effects survival for these patients.
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