Liver cancer: A leading cause of cancer death in the United States and the role of the 1945-1965 birth cohort by ethnicity.

ABSTRACT: Liver cancer is highly fatal and the most rapidly increasing cancer in the US, where chronic hepatitis C (HCV) infection is the leading etiology. HCV is particularly prevalent among the 1945-1965 birth cohort, the so-called "baby boomers". Focusing on this cohort-etiology link, we aim to characterize liver cancer patterns for 15 unique US populations: White, African American, Mexican Immigrant, Mexican American, Cuban and Chinese, among others.

Methods

Individual-level mortality data from 2012-2016 from the health departments of 3 large states - California, Florida, New York - were pooled to compute liver cancer mortality rates for each racial/ethnic group and for 2 birth cohorts of interest: "1945-1965 cohort" and "older cohort".

Results

Liver cancer is a major cause of canc

SUBMITTER: Pinheiro PS 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7001577 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature