Comparative Effects of Hospital Volume and Safety-Net Status on Treatment Use and Outcome Measures in Hepatocellular Carcinoma
Patients at LV centers are less likely to undergo HCC treatment, despite similar early-stage presentation, likely contributing to worse overall survival. High hospital volume appears to mitigate disparities in HCC outcome measures in lower-resource safety-net health systems.
Authors
- Gloria Chang
- Amit G. Singal (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1172-3971)
- Matthew R. Porembka (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1596-0058)
- Patricio M. Polanco (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1719-1208)
- Sam C. Wang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3626-5273)
- Cecilia G. Ethun (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4328-9532)
- Herbert J. Zeh (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2017-1934)
- Nicole E. Rich (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2740-8818)
- Adam C. Yopp (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5887-5315)
- Zachary A Whitham
- Vincent Merrill
- John C. Mansour
Institutions
- The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Journal of the National Comprehensive Cancer Network
- Published
- 2025-07-14
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.6004/jnccn.2025.7030
- Citations
- 1
- Primary Topic
- Economic and Financial Impacts of Cancer
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 3.13