Racial and insurance disparities in the receipt of transplant among patients with hepatocellular carcinoma
Yu JC, Neugut AI, Wang S, Jacobson JS, Ferrante L, Khungar V, Lim E, Hershman DL, Brown RS, Siegel AB. Racial and insurance disparities in the receipt of transplant among patients with hepatocellular carcinoma. Cancer 2010, 116: 1801-1809. PMID: 20143441, PMCID: PMC3664455, DOI: 10.1002/cncr.24936.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsHepatocellular carcinomaAdvanced diseaseCox modelMultivariable logistic regression modelColumbia University Medical CenterReceipt of transplantationPredictors of mortalityAmerican Cancer SocietyUniversity Medical CenterReceipt of transplantLogistic regression modelsLiver transplantTransplant recipientsConsecutive patientsMore patientsBlack patientsHispanic patientsPoor prognosisHCC patientsInsurance statusPoor survivalMedicaid patientsCancer SocietyMedical CenterMedicaid recipients