Document Type
Article
Journal Title
Cancer Causes & Control
Publication Date
2025
Abstract
PURPOSE: To examine incidence trends and patterns for early- and late-onset liver cancer.
METHODS: Liver and intrahepatic bile duct (IBD) cancers diagnosed between 2000 and 2019 were acquired from 22 SEER registries. Variables included early-onset (20-49) vs. late-onset (50+), anatomic subsite, histologic type (hepatocellular carcinoma [HCC] and IBD cholangiocarcinoma [ICC]), sex, and race/ethnicity. Age-standardized incidence rates were calculated using SEER*Stat. Jointpoint regression analysis was employed to estimate the annual percent change (APC) and the average APC (AAPC) with pairwise comparisons for trend by sex and by race/ethnicity stratified by age and subsite.
RESULTS: Liver cancer incidence decreased among early-onset (AAPC [95% CI] - 2.39 [- 2.74, - 2.07]) but increased among late-onset patients (2.85 [2.71, 3.01]), primarily driven by HCC (3.60 [3.50, 3.71]). IBD incidence increased for both ages with ICC incidence annually increasing 7.92% (6.84, 9.26) for early-onset and 6.32% (5.46, 8.86) for late-onset patients. Early-onset liver cancer displayed comparable trends across racial/ethnic groups; however, late-onset liver cancer showed more variation, particularly among American Indian/Alaska Native/Asian Pacific Islander (AI/AN/API) populations, which experienced a significant decrease in incidence, thereby narrowing the gap with other racial/ethnic groups. For IBD, an identical pattern of early-onset IBD among non-Hispanic Blacks (NHBs) compared to Hispanics was showed with coincidence test p = 0.1522, and a parallel pattern was observed among late-onset patients for both sexes (p = 0.5087).
CONCLUSION: Late-onset HCC continues to rise, except for NHB and AI/AN/API, where incidence rates have started to decrease over the past 4-5 years. Early and late-onset ICC incidence continues to increase across all racial/ethnic groups.
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ISSN
1573-7225
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Recommended Citation
Hsieh, Mei-Chin; Ratnapradipa, Kendra L.; Rozek, Laura; Wen, Shengdi; Chiu, Yu-Wen; and Peters, Edward S., "Temporal Trends and Patterns for Early- and Late-Onset Adult Liver Cancer Incidence Vary by Race/Ethnicity, Subsite, and Histologic Type in the United States from 2000 to 2019" (2025). Journal Articles: Epidemiology. 216.
https://digitalcommons.unmc.edu/coph_epidem_articles/216
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