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The Michigan Daily spoke to researchers from three different studies that examined disparities in care in different geographic areas of MI.

Research shows that rural residents have higher rates of breast, prostate, cervical and colorectal cancer, lower rates of preventative screening and higher death rates from those types of cancer than urban residents.

Lenawee County is among Michigan’s rural counties where residents are more likely to get melanoma — skin cancer — than urban residents in the state, a new study has found.

In 32 Michigan counties, there are no dermatologists. Six of those counties have among the highest rates of skin cancer in the state.

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