Higher socioeconomic status and physician accessibility linked to more early-stage but not fewer late-stage melanoma diagnoses
Areas with high healthcare access measures experience increased early-stage melanoma incidence. However, this does not correspond to a reduction in late-stage cases. The absence of a clear association between late-stage incidence and these screening proxies highlights the need for further research into the biology and progression of advanced-stage melanoma tumors, as well as the effectiveness of current screening methods in detecting these cases.
Authors
- Uriel Kim (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9910-0682)
- Siran M. Koroukian (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8106-9581)
- Jeremy S. Bordeaux (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7010-7730)
- Richard S. Hoehn (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1455-6758)
- Trisha Lal (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0000-5821-1159)
- Luke Daniel Rothermel (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5700-8028)
- Hanna Kakish (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1282-5443)
- Johnie Rose (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7458-9303)
- Vicki Montgomery (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0002-7329-4866)
- Weichuan Dong (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3981-658X)
- Lingbo Liu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9876-8506)
Institutions
- Cedars-Sinai Medical Center (US)
- Houston Methodist (US)
- Harvard University (US)
- University Hospitals of Cleveland (US)
- University School (US)
- Center for Policy Analysis (US)
- Case Western Reserve University (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Clinical and Experimental Dermatology
- Published
- 2025-12-12
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1093/ced/llaf546
- Primary Topic
- Cutaneous Melanoma Detection and Management
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00