Liver cancer survival rates reflect income disparities

The risk of dying from the most common form of primary liver cancer is about 30 percent higher for patients with low household income compared to those with middle or high household income, according to a study at the University of Gothenburg.

Each year, some 500-550 people in Sweden are diagnosed with what is known as hepatocellular carcinoma, or HCC for short, which is the most common form of primary liver cancer, in other words, a cancer that starts in the liver. Three out of four of…

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