Higher risk of melanoma-related deaths for patients residing in rural counties: A Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results Program study
J Am Acad Dermatol
.
2024 Feb 1:S0190-9622(24)00167-1.
doi: 10.1016/j.jaad.2024.01.042.
Online ahead of print.
Authors
Sarah Kooper-Johnson
1
,
Viknesh Kasthuri
2
,
Alexander Homer
2
,
Bichchau Michelle Nguyen
3
Affiliations
1
Tufts University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts.
2
The Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island.
3
Department of Dermatology, Tufts Medical Center, Boston, Massachusetts. Electronic address: bnguyen2@Tuftsmedicalcenter.org.
PMID:
38307146
DOI:
10.1016/j.jaad.2024.01.042
No abstract available
Keywords:
geography; melanoma; mortality; rurality; survival; time to treatment.