National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities (NIMHD)
Age
18–75
Sex
ALL
Healthy volunteers
Not accepted
You may be eligible if
Within UCSF criteria:
Candidates are eligible or a standardized MELD or PELD exception if, before completing locoregional therapy, they have lesions that meet one of the following criteria:
One Class 5 lesion greater than 5 cm and less than or equal to 8 cm
two or three Class 5 lesions that meeting all of the following
* At least one lesion greater than 3cm
* Each lesion less than or equal to 5 cm, and
* A total diameter of all lesions less than or equal to 8cm
Four or five Class 5 lesions each less than 3 cm, and a total diameter of all lesions less than or equal to 8 cm.
Between 18-75 years old
Have no more than two visits with an HCC-related provider
Able to read, write, and speak English
Any 1 of the following:
* Self-report as Black race (can be multiple races as long as 1 is Black)
* Self-report as insured by Medicaid (+/- Medicare)
* SVI (Social vulnerability index) \>= .75
* Unmarried
You may not be if
Lacks capacity to provide informed consent, including those with stage 2 HE or higher at the time of consent.
Age over 75
Last transthoracic echocardiogram with EF\<40% (OK if no prior echo)
BMI over 50
Patients who, in the investigator's judgment, are unlikely to ever be eligible for liver transplantation or resection at the time of enrollment, with reason documented
Prior history of any solid organ transplant
Non-skin cancer malignancies other than hepatocellular carcinoma in past 2 years unless approved by PI (i.e. cervical cancer, early prostate cancer)
Patients who have undergone resection or waitlisted
Patients near completion of transplant evaluation, PI to determine utility of intervention.
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