Features of hepatocellular carcinoma in Hispanics differ from African Americans and non-Hispanic Whites

Table 2 Treatment patterns for non-metastatic patients at diagnosis: First line treatment patterns for non-metastatic patients by race

First line treatment characteristics	Total (n = 176)1	Hispanic (n = 41) (n, %)	African American (n = 55) (n, %)	White (n = 80)1 (n, %)	P2
Surgery	2	0, 0	2, 3.6	0, 0
Liver directed	154	38, 92.7	48, 87.2	68, 85
Chemotherapy	6	1, 2.4	2, 3.6	3, 3.8
Observation	6	0, 0	1, 1.8	4, 5
Lost to follow-up	7	2, 4.9	2, 3.6	4, 5

¹One patient missing information;

²P values from χ² tests (two-sided) and fischer for overall race effect followed by pairwise comparisons, for P < 0.05. A significance level of 0.05 was used for the overall race comparisons.