If patients meet the criteria for transplantation, this approach offers an excellent chance for long-term survival. |
This is the first large, population-based study evaluating liver transplantation in the United States. Marked ethnic differences in receipt of transplants should be examined further, and reasons for these disparities clarified. |
We determined that people of a younger age, who are married and who have smaller tumors were associated with a higher likelihood of receipt of a transplant. |
Whites were 2.1 times more likely than African-Americans, two times more likely than Asians and 1.6 times more likely than Hispanics to receive a liver transplant. |