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Editorial
. 2022 Jan;6(1):8-11.
doi: 10.1002/hep4.1771. Epub 2021 Sep 23.

Liver Cancer Has a Distinctive Profile in Black Patients: Current Screening Guidelines May Be Inadequate

Adam C Winters  1 , Tali Shaltiel  2 , Umut Sarpel  2 , Andrea D Branch  3
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Editorial

Liver Cancer Has a Distinctive Profile in Black Patients: Current Screening Guidelines May Be Inadequate

Adam C Winters et al. Hepatol Commun. 2022 Jan.

Abstract

There is mounting evidence that Black patients develop more advanced liver cancers with less advanced liver disease. These findings have important implications for the future of liver cancer screening.

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