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Advanced Liver Disease Main Forums => Advanced Liver Disease => Topic started by: Hep Editors on December 01, 2017, 10:51:15 am
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A major liver transplant center in Indiana provides new organs to whites at a higher rate than Blacks despite comparable levels of liver disease severity between the two groups, MedPage Today reports.
Researchers analyzed data from an Indiana cancer registry on all individuals with liver cancer who received treatment at two large university health centers in the state between January 2000 and June 2014. There were 1,250 people in the cohort, including 1,032 whites, 164 Blacks, 24 Asians and 22 Latinos.
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https://www.hepmag.com/article/liver-cancer-transplant-rates-may-differ-race