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Automated Care Coordination Tool Improves Timeliness of Liver Cancer Care

An automated system that can identify and track abnormal images improved the timeliness of liver cancer detection and treatment, new research shows.

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By Shania Kennedy

- A new study published in PLOS Digital Health shows that an automated care coordination tool can successfully identify and track cases of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC), a type of liver cancer, which results in improved timeliness of diagnosis and treatment.

According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), about 25,000 men and 11,000 women get liver cancer each year in the US. Roughly 19,000 men and 9,000 women die from the disease annually.

Globally, liver cancer is the sixth most diagnosed cancer and the fourth leading cause of cancer mortality, the study authors stated. The disease causes 782,000 deaths each year worldwide, and 75 percent of all liver cancer cases are HCC-related.