Racial, Ethnic, and Socioeconomic Disparities in Treatment Delay Among Patients With Hepatocellular Carcinoma in the United States.

ABSTRACT:

Background & aims

Failures have been reported across the cancer care continuum in patients with hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC); however, the impact of treatment delays on outcomes has not been well-characterized. We described the prevalence of treatment delays in a racially and ethnically diverse cohort of patients and its association with overall survival.

Methods

Using the Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results-Medicare database, we identified patients diagnosed with HCC between 2001 and 2015. We performed multivariable logistic regression analysis to identify factors associated with treatment delay (ie, receipt of HCC-directed therapy >3 months after diagnosis). Cox proportional hazards regression analysis with a 5-month landmark was used to characterize the associat

SUBMITTER: Wagle NS 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9898458 | biostudies-literature | 2023 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature