Neighborhood-level factors contribute to liver cancer disparities across Texas

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Neighborhood-level factors contribute to liver cancer disparities across Texas

Texas has the highest rate of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC)—the most common form of liver cancer—in the U.S. Within Texas, incidence rates vary by race, ethnicity and geographic locale. Researchers at Baylor College of Medicine examined these disparities at the neighborhood level, using the census tract to represent a neighborhood. They focused on measures of social determinants of health and the industries where most neighborhood residents are employed.

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