%0 Journal Article %T Diagnosis and management of melanoma in a rural general practice %A Tony Townsend %J Journal of Primary Health Care %D 2018 %R 10.1071/HC18032 %X Abstract A review covering 5 years of melanoma detection and management in a small rural New Zealand practice is presented. The incidence of both in situ and invasive melanoma was approximately four-fold the national figures, which are among the highest in the world. Most melanomas can be managed in primary care but cost remains an issue. %U http://www.publish.csiro.au/HC/fulltext/HC18032