2024
Short-Term Out-of-Pocket and Total Costs of Care After Ablation, Resection, or Transplant for Early-Stage Hepatocellular Carcinoma: A National SEER-Medicare Cost Comparison.
Charalel R, Mushlin A, Zheng X, Mao J, Carlos R, Brown R, Ibrahim S, Fortune B, Talenfeld A, Madoff D, Johnson M, Sedrakyan A. Short-Term Out-of-Pocket and Total Costs of Care After Ablation, Resection, or Transplant for Early-Stage Hepatocellular Carcinoma: A National SEER-Medicare Cost Comparison. American Journal Of Roentgenology 2024, 223: e2431272. PMID: 38899842, DOI: 10.2214/ajr.24.31272.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchEarly-stage hepatocellular carcinomaHepatocellular carcinomaPost-procedure periodIndex procedureOut-of-pocket costsPatient out-of-pocket costsDrivers of high costsDays post-procedureSubgroup of patientsTreated with ablationPropensity-matched subgroupsU.S. population-based studyPopulation-based studySurgical resectionMultivariate linear regression modelSurgical treatmentPrognostic indicatorPost-procedureTreatment modalitiesTreatment optionsSEER-MedicareResectionMultivariate analysisTransplantationPropensity-score
2023
Predictors for Early Liver Cancer Survival After Ablation and Surgical Resection: A Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results Program-Medicare Study
Charalel R, Mushlin A, Zheng X, Mao J, Carlos R, Brown R, Fortune B, Talenfeld A, Madoff D, Ibrahim S, Johnson M, Sedrakyan A. Predictors for Early Liver Cancer Survival After Ablation and Surgical Resection: A Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results Program-Medicare Study. Journal Of The American College Of Radiology 2023, 21: 295-308. PMID: 37922972, DOI: 10.1016/j.jacr.2023.10.017.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchCancer-specific mortalityCancer-specific deathSurgical resectionSocial determinantsPortal hypertensionTumor sizeTreatment characteristicsSmall HCCAsian raceDisease factorsMultivariable Cox regression modelsSEER-Medicare studyChronic kidney diseaseHigh-volume centersLarger tumor sizeCox regression modelSignificant protective factorCause mortalityClinical factorsEsophageal varicesIndependent predictorsSEER-MedicareKidney diseaseVolume centersProcedure year