Racial and Geographic Disparities in Hepatocellular Carcinoma Outcomes.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Hepatocellular carcinoma disproportionately affects minorities. Southern states have high proportions of black populations and prevalence of known risk factors. Further research is needed to understand the role of southern geography in hepatocellular carcinoma disparities. This paper examined racial disparities in hepatocellular carcinoma incidence, demographics, tumor characteristics, receipt of treatment, and all-cause mortality in southern and non-southern cancer registries.

Methods

Surveillance Epidemiology and End Results data were probed in 2015 to identify 43,868 patients diagnosed with hepatocellular carcinoma from 2000 to 2012 (5,455 in southern registries [Atlanta, Louisiana, and Rural and Greater Georgia]).

Results

Southern registries showed st

SUBMITTER: Franco RA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6708601 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature