2022
Attacking the public health crisis of hepatocellular carcinoma at its roots
Lee HM, Lidofsky SD, Taddei TH, Townshend‐Bulson L. Attacking the public health crisis of hepatocellular carcinoma at its roots. Hepatology 2022, 77: 1456-1459. PMID: 35989555, PMCID: PMC10026951, DOI: 10.1002/hep.32741.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsCarcinoma, HepatocellularHepatitis B, ChronicHumansLiver NeoplasmsNon-alcoholic Fatty Liver DiseasePublic HealthRisk FactorsConceptsHepatitis B virusLiver diseasePublic health crisisHepatocellular carcinomaChronic hepatitis B virusAlcohol-related liver diseaseNonalcoholic fatty liver diseaseChronic liver diseaseFatty liver diseasePrincipal risk factorsCancer-related deathSignificant mortality ratePrevention of HCCHealth crisisViral hepatitisTreatment advancesB virusRisk factorsCurable stageCommon causeRisk populationsHCC detectionRisk individualsMortality rateSurveillance program
2019
The impact of socioeconomic status on outcomes in hepatocellular carcinoma: Inferences from primary insurance
Sellers CM, Uhlig J, Ludwig JM, Taddei T, Stein SM, Lim JK, Kim HS. The impact of socioeconomic status on outcomes in hepatocellular carcinoma: Inferences from primary insurance. Cancer Medicine 2019, 8: 5948-5958. PMID: 31436905, PMCID: PMC6792508, DOI: 10.1002/cam4.2251.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsHepatocellular carcinomaPrivate insuranceInsurance statusMedicaid patientsCox proportional hazards modelAdvanced liver diseaseChild-Pugh BHigh MELD scoreAmerican Joint CommitteeKaplan-Meier curvesProportional hazards modelInsurance groupsMELD scoreOverall survivalIndependent predictorsLiver diseaseMultivariable analysisTumor burdenCancer RegistryTumor sizePotential confoundersSurvival differencesCancer stageUnivariate analysisC disease