Geographic Variations of Potentially Curative Treatments for Hepatocellular Carcinoma in the United States: A SEER-Medicare Study.
Cheng E, Hung P, Wang SY. Geographic Variations of Potentially Curative Treatments for Hepatocellular Carcinoma in the United States: A SEER-Medicare Study. Journal Of The National Comprehensive Cancer Network 2020, 18: 729-736. PMID: 32502978, DOI: 10.6004/jnccn.2020.7529.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsHospital referral regionsCurative treatmentHepatocellular carcinomaIncidence of HCCCox proportional hazards modelSEER-Medicare studyPercutaneous ethanol injectionHepatitis B virusProportional hazards modelMore comorbiditiesSurgical resectionSurvival benefitTreatment patternsSEER-MedicareB virusRadiofrequency ablationEthanol injectionTreatment utilizationReferral regionsBetter survivalLower riskHazards modelPatientsSurvivalTreatment