Survival in Asian Americans After Treatments for Hepatocellular Carcinoma: A Seven-year Experience at UCLA

Myron J. Tong; Disaya Chavalitdhamrong; David S.K. Lu; Steven S. Raman; Antoinette Gomes; John P. Duffy; Johnny C. Hong; Ronald W. Busuttil

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Survival in Asian Americans After Treatments for Hepatocellular Carcinoma: A Seven-year Experience at UCLA

Myron J. Tong, Disaya Chavalitdhamrong, David S.K. Lu, Steven S. Raman, Antoinette Gomes, John P. Duffy, Johnny C. Hong, Ronald W. Busuttil

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Abstract

Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is a common malignancy in Asians and is related to the high incidence of chronic viral hepatitis in this ethnic population. The aims of this study were to examine the tumor characteristics and liver disease status in HCC patients of Asian ancestry and determine their survival after treatments for HCC.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	e63-e70
Journal	Journal of Clinical Gastroenterology
Volume	44
Issue number	3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1097/MCG.0b013e3181b4b68b
State	Published - Mar 2010

Keywords

Asian Americans
Hepatitis B
Hepatitis C
Hepatocellular carcinoma
Liver transplantation

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Gastroenterology

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