Factors associated with favorable survival outcomes for Asians with hepatocellular carcinoma: A sequential matching cohort study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Overall 5-year survival rates for patients diagnosed with hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) are poor, but vary by race/ethnicity. We undertook a comprehensive assessment of underlying contributing factors to the favorable survival outcomes of HCC among Asians compared with non-Hispanic whites (NHW).

Methods

We identified 1,284 Asian and 7,072 NHW patients newly diagnosed with HCC between 1994 and 2011 in the Surveillance, Epidemiology and End Results (SEER)-Medicare linked database. We used a novel three-step sequential matching approach to identify demographic, presentation and treatment factors that may explain survival differences between Asians and NHWs. Hazard ratios (HRs) and corresponding 95% confidence intervals (CIs) for the association between Asian race an

SUBMITTER: Wang Z 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6447218 | biostudies-literature | 2019

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature