Psychiatric disorders in patients with hepatocellular carcinoma: A large US cohort of commercially insured individuals.
Mausam J PatelAlex JonesYue JiangPrajwal GowdaLisa B VanWagnerThomas G CotterKarim Seif El DahanJeremy LouissaintMadhukar PatelNicole E RichAmit G SingalSarah R LieberPublished in: Alimentary pharmacology & therapeutics (2024)
Nearly 2 of 10 patients with HCC were diagnosed with a psychiatric condition after cancer diagnosis with unique sociodemographic and clinical risk factors identified. This highlights a risk for increased psychological burden in need of early evaluation and treatment among patients with newly diagnosed HCC.