The Gallup analysis finds the largest concentrations in the West â and not just in the expected places like San Francisco and Portland, Ore. Among the nationâs 50 largest metropolitan areas, Denver and Salt Lake City are also in the top 10.
The most significant cost increase occurred in treatment for people with melanoma, the deadliest type of skin cancer. The study found that the cost of treatment jumped 106 percent, rising from $2,320 annually to $4,789 annually.
1 An estimated 76,380 new cases of invasive melanoma will be diagnosed in the U.S. in 2016.2. 2  An estimated 10,130 people will die of melanoma in 2016.  Melanoma accounts for less than one percent of skin cancer cases, but the vast majority of skin cancer deaths.2.