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ArticleOncology letters2018

Racial disparities in the survival time of patients with hepatocellular carcinoma and intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma between Chinese patients and patients of other racial groups: A population-based study from 2004 to 2013.

Fenggang Ren, Jing Zhang, Zhongyang Gao, Haoyang Zhu, Xue Chen, Wenyan Liu, Zhao Xue, Weiman Gao, Rongqian Wu, Yi Lv and 1 more

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Article in Oncology letters, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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7 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 13 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Survival among Patients with Cholangiocarcinoma in the United States: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis.Cancer epidemiology, biomarkers & prevention : a publication of the American Association for Cancer Research, cosponsored by the American Society of Preventive Oncology · 2025
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  6. Assessment of risk factors, and racial and ethnic differences in hepatocellular carcinoma.JGH open : an open access journal of gastroenterology and hepatology · 2020
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5 · Who and what money

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11 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Fenggang RenDepartment of Hepatobiliary Surgery, First Affiliated Hospital, Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an, Shaanxi 710061, P.R. China.
Jing ZhangRegenerative Medicine and Surgery Engineering Research Center of Shaanxi Province, Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an, Shaanxi 710061, P.R. China.
Zhongyang GaoDepartment of Surgery, Second Affiliated Hospital, Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an, Shaanxi 710004, P.R. China.
Haoyang ZhuDepartment of Hepatobiliary Surgery, First Affiliated Hospital, Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an, Shaanxi 710061, P.R. China.
Xue ChenRegenerative Medicine and Surgery Engineering Research Center of Shaanxi Province, Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an, Shaanxi 710061, P.R. China.
Wenyan LiuDepartment of Hepatobiliary Surgery, First Affiliated Hospital, Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an, Shaanxi 710061, P.R. China.
Zhao XueDepartment of Hepatobiliary Surgery, First Affiliated Hospital, Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an, Shaanxi 710061, P.R. China.
Weiman GaoRegenerative Medicine and Surgery Engineering Research Center of Shaanxi Province, Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an, Shaanxi 710061, P.R. China.
Rongqian WuRegenerative Medicine and Surgery Engineering Research Center of Shaanxi Province, Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an, Shaanxi 710061, P.R. China.
Yi LvDepartment of Hepatobiliary Surgery, First Affiliated Hospital, Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an, Shaanxi 710061, P.R. China.
Liangshuo HuDepartment of Hepatobiliary Surgery, First Affiliated Hospital, Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an, Shaanxi 710061, P.R. China.
First Affiliated Hospital of Xi'an Jiaotong University · CNXi'an Jiaotong University · CNSecond Affiliated Hospital of Xi'an Jiaotong University · CN

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The aim of the present study was to investigate the racial disparities in the presentation, treatment and survival time of patients with hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) or intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma (ICC) between Chinese and other racial groups from the Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results (SEER) database between January 1st 2004, and December 31st 2013. Key covariates, including clinical presentation, treatment and survival time, were recorded and compared, demonstrating the racial differences. Kaplan-Meier analysis and Cox regression models were performed to identify these disparities in survival time. A total of 30,954 patients were identified in the SEER database. Among these, 27,767 (89.7%) had HCC and 3,187 (10.3%) had ICC. In the HCC cohort, Chinese patients had the highest survival time. Compared with the mortality risk of Chinese patients, the mortality risk of Other Asian, non-Hispanic white, Hispanic and African-American patients increased by 16.8, 35.1, 28.3 and 33.3%, respectively. Compared with other groups, Chinese patients were more likely to present with localized stage, and without vascular invasion, adjacent invasion and metastasis. In the ICC cohort, the Chinese group had improved survival time, compared with the other groups following univariate analysis, although no significant differences were observed between Chinese and Other Asian and Hispanic patients following adjusting for contributing factors. Furthermore, there was no significant differences in the presentation between the groups, which differed from the HCC analysis. In conclusion, race/ethnicity was a significant independent prognostic factor in the HCC cohort, whereas it was not significant in the ICC cohort. The synergistic effect of contributing factors, including demographic, socioeconomic, biological and treatment differences, caused the racial disparity observed in primary liver cancer survival time.

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populationprimary liver cancerracial disparitiesSEER databasesurvival analysis

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PMID30546445
PMCPMC6256729
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