2022
Quality measures in HCC care by the Practice Metrics Committee of the American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases
Asrani SK, Ghabril MS, Kuo A, Merriman RB, Morgan T, Parikh ND, Ovchinsky N, Kanwal F, Volk ML, Ho C, Serper M, Mehta S, Agopian V, Cabrera R, Chernyak V, El‐Serag H, Heimbach J, Ioannou GN, Kaplan D, Marrero J, Mehta N, Singal A, Salem R, Taddei T, Walling AM, Tapper EB. Quality measures in HCC care by the Practice Metrics Committee of the American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases. Hepatology 2022, 75: 1289-1299. PMID: 34778999, DOI: 10.1002/hep.32240.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPatient-reported outcomesHigh-risk populationHCC careCare continuumBarcelona Clinic Liver Cancer (BCLC) stagingData System (BI-RADS) 4 lesionsBurden of HCCLiver transplantation candidacyTumor board reviewLiver Imaging ReportingFear of treatmentStructured scoping reviewExplicit quality measuresAmerican AssociationTransplantation candidacyBest individual treatmentPalliative therapyGuideline recommendationsLiver diseaseAFP elevationAppropriate referralTreatment optionsTreatment recommendationsCancer stagingOutcome measures
2018
Sorafenib prescribed by gastroenterologists and hepatologists for hepatocellular carcinoma
Kaplan DE, Mehta R, D’Addeo K, Valderrama A, Taddei TH. Sorafenib prescribed by gastroenterologists and hepatologists for hepatocellular carcinoma. Medicine 2018, 97: e9757. PMID: 29369224, PMCID: PMC5794408, DOI: 10.1097/md.0000000000009757.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsAdvanced hepatocellular carcinomaHepatocellular carcinomaOverall survivalBarcelona Clinic Liver Cancer (BCLC) systemManagement of HCCVeterans Health Administration hospitalsRetrospective cohort studyFirst-line therapySimilar survival outcomesChild-TurcottePugh scoreComorbidity indexChart abstractionCohort studySurvival benefitSystemic therapyBCLC stagePrimary outcomePrescriber typeSurvival outcomesAdministration HospitalMultivariable modelProvider specialtyCancer stagingHCC diagnosis