Gastroenterology
Volume 129, Issue 2 , Pages 486-493 , August 2005

Mortality and Hospital Utilization for Hepatocellular Carcinoma in the United States

  • W. Ray Kim

      Affiliations

    • Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology and Department of Internal Medicine, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine, Rochester, Minnesota, USA
    • Department of Health Sciences Research, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine, Rochester, Minnesota
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress requests for reprints to: W. Ray Kim, MD, Gastroenterology and Hepatology (Mayo 16E), Mayo Clinic and Foundation, 200 First Street SW, Rochester, Minnesota 55905.fax: (507) 538-3974.
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  • Gregory J. Gores

      Affiliations

    • Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology and Department of Internal Medicine, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine, Rochester, Minnesota, USA
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  • Joanne T. Benson

      Affiliations

    • Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology and Department of Internal Medicine, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine, Rochester, Minnesota, USA
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  • Terry M. Therneau

      Affiliations

    • Department of Health Sciences Research, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine, Rochester, Minnesota
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  • L. Joseph Melton III

      Affiliations

    • Department of Health Sciences Research, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine, Rochester, Minnesota

Received 10 May 2004 ,Accepted 13 April 2005.

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 Supported by National Institutes of Health (DK-34238 and DK-60617).

PII: S0016-5085(05)00871-1

doi: 10.1053/j.gastro.2005.05.001

Gastroenterology
Volume 129, Issue 2 , Pages 486-493 , August 2005

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