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The Liver Meeting® 2017
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Liver Ca Transplant Rates Vary by Ethnicity
by Joyce Frieden Joyce Frieden, News Editor, MedPage Today
Blacks have lower rates despite same degree of illness, study finds
Blacks have lower rates despite same degree of illness, study finds
WASHINGTON -- African American patients at a major liver transplant center in the Midwest received liver transplantation less often than their white counterparts, even though they had about the same degree of illness, researchers said here.
In a 15-year cohort of liver cancer patients treated at two Indiana University clinics, 14% of African-American liver cancer patients underwent transplants compared with 26% of Caucasian patients (P=0.001), despite both groups having similar MELD (Model for End-Stage Liver Disease) scores, Child-Pugh scores, and BCLC (Barcelona Clinic Liver Cancer) staging, Lauren Nephew, MD, a transplant pathologist at Indiana University in Indianapolis, and colleagues said in a poster presentation at the annual meeting of the American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases.
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In a 15-year cohort of liver cancer patients treated at two Indiana University clinics, 14% of African-American liver cancer patients underwent transplants compared with 26% of Caucasian patients (P=0.001), despite both groups having similar MELD (Model for End-Stage Liver Disease) scores, Child-Pugh scores, and BCLC (Barcelona Clinic Liver Cancer) staging, Lauren Nephew, MD, a transplant pathologist at Indiana University in Indianapolis, and colleagues said in a poster presentation at the annual meeting of the American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases.
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MedPage Today
Meeting Coverage > AASLD
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