Healthcare disparities in Asians and Pacific Islanders with hepatocellular cancer

American Journal of Surgery

Volumn 203, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 726-732

  Wong, Linda L ^a,b   Hernandez, Brenda ^a   Kwee, Sandi ^c   Albright, Cheryl L ^a   Okimoto, Gordon ^a   Tsai, Naoky ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^b Hawaii Medical Center East   (United States)

^c QUEEN S MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Hepatocellular cancer; Liver transplantation; Screening

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; HEPATITIS B CORE ANTIBODY; HEPATITIS B SURFACE ANTIGEN;

ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; ASIAN; BODY MASS; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER RISK; CANCER SCREENING; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURVIVAL; CAUCASIAN; CHEMOEMBOLIZATION; CHINESE; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIABETES MELLITUS; END STAGE LIVER DISEASE; FEMALE; FILIPINO; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH DISPARITY; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS C; HUMAN; HYPERLIPIDEMIA; JAPANESE; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER RESECTION; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; OVERALL SURVIVAL; PACIFIC ISLANDS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOFREQUENCY ABLATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SMOKING; SURVIVAL TIME; TUMOR VOLUME; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ASIAN AMERICANS; CARCINOMA, HEPATOCELLULAR; EARLY DETECTION OF CANCER; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HAWAII; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HUMANS; LIVER NEOPLASMS; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCEANIC ANCESTRY GROUP; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 84861625485     PISSN: 00029610     EISSN: 18791883     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjsurg.2011.06.055     Document Type: Article

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