Geographic hotspot detection for late-stage hepatocellular carcinoma: novel approach to cancer control.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

As hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC)-associated mortality continues to rise in the United States, there is a crucial need for strategies to shift diagnoses from late to early stage in order to improve survival.

Objective

To describe a population-based geospatial approach to identifying areas with high late-stage HCC burden for intervention.

Design

Cross-sectional study between 2008 and 2017.

Setting

Los Angeles County.

Participants

All incident cases of HCC with residential address at diagnosis in Los Angeles County were identified from a population-based cancer registry. Late stage included AJCC 7th Edition stages III-IV and unstaged cases.

Exposure

Sociodemographic factors.

Main outcome(s)

Geographic "hotspots" or areas with a hig

SUBMITTER: Zhou K 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10907060 | biostudies-literature | 2022 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature