What is it about?
What is about? Although national-wide decline in incidence of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) was recorded in the US during 2015-2018, disparities in stage-specific incidence trends were observed. This study found that the incidence rate of localized HCC no longer increased while the trends for regional and distant HCC plateaued. The plateau was primarily related to the increasing incidence trends among the elderly and non-Hispanic White individuals.
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Why is it important?
The disparities in stage-specific incidence trends in HCC may reflect the inequalities in access to primary health-care among different race/ethnicity and age groups. More efforts of disease prevention and health promotion are still in great demand for the susceptible population.
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This page is a summary of: Trends and Disparities in Stage-specific Incidence of Hepatocellular Carcinoma among US Adults, 2004-2019, Liver Cancer, December 2022, Karger Publishers,
DOI: 10.1159/000528374.
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