Health insurance status affects staging and influences treatment strategies in patients with hepatocellular carcinoma

Annals of Surgical Oncology

Volumn 17, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 3104-3111

  Zaydfudim, Victor ^a   Whiteside, Martin A ^c   Griffin, Marie R ^a,b   Feurer, Irene D ^a   Wright, J Kelly ^a   Pinson, C Wright ^a  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b GERIATRIC RESEARCH EDUCATION AND CLINICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c TENNESSEE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER REGISTRY; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURGERY; CANCER SURVIVAL; CANCER THERAPY; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH INSURANCE; HUMAN; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAID; MULTIMODALITY CANCER THERAPY; PRIVATE HEALTH INSURANCE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT PLANNING;

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS; CARCINOMA, HEPATOCELLULAR; CATHETER ABLATION; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; FEMALE; HEPATECTOMY; HUMANS; INSURANCE COVERAGE; INSURANCE, HEALTH; LIVER NEOPLASMS; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM STAGING; REGISTRIES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 78650986694     PISSN: 10689265     EISSN: 15344681     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1245/s10434-010-1181-2     Document Type: Article

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