1007 Sex-Specific and Ethnicity-Specific Disparities in Receipt of Hepatocellular Carcinoma (HCC) Treatment Among a Cohort of Patients Who Developed HCC Recurrence
Abstract:INTRODUCTION:
Despite receiving cancer-directed therapies, there is a high rate of cancer recurrence among patients with hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). Our study aims to focus on the subset of patients with HCC recurrence to evaluate sex- and ethnicity-specific disparities in receipt of treatment.
METHODS:
Adults with HCC who developed HCC recurrence were identified using 1973-2015 U.S. National Cancer Institute’s Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Re… Show more
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