Immigrant adult patients who have hepatocellular carcinoma and reside in the United States may have higher rates of survival compared with those who have the disease and were born in the United States, according to a new study published by Zhou et al in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute . The findings revealed a previously unrecognized disparity in survival after a diagnosis of hepatocellular carcinoma across all major racial/ethnic groups and suggested that nativity may be a predictor of overall survival for adult patients with the disease.
Background
Hepatocellular carcinoma, the most common form of hepatic cancer, […]
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