Title: Late Hepatitis C Virus Diagnosis Among Patients with Newly Diagnosed Hepatocellular
Carcinoma: A Case-Control Study
Version: 1 Date: 20 Jul 2022
Reviewer's report:
Overall this is a great study and well written manuscript which paint a good picture of HCV
infection on a national level. It is unfortunate to find out that there are still significant percentage
of late diagnosis of HCV infection. The finding of the study will promote HCV screening to
prevent the devastating HCC in the future. However, it is worth noting that Taiwan has a robust
guideline regarding screening of HCV infection. In order to further improve the early detection
of HCV infection, adherence to guideline recommended care would be crucial. Future studies
to explore the barrier to lack of adherence might be consider.
Last but not least, female physicians are more commonly associated with good outcome based on
various gender studies, ranging from female surgeon to female primary care provider. One would
wonder if there is a significant gender preference in specialty selection, which result in better
outcome among male provider as they were more likely to be internalist or gastroenterologist.
A more comprehensive analysis should be consider when we reach such a sensitive conclusion.
Title: Late Hepatitis C Virus Diagnosis Among Patients with Newly Diagnosed Hepatocellular
Carcinoma: A Case-Control Study
Version: 1 Date: 20 Jul 2022
Reviewer's report:
Overall this is a great study and well written manuscript which paint a good picture of HCV
infection on a national level. It is unfortunate to find out that there are still significant percentage
of late diagnosis of HCV infection. The finding of the study will promote HCV screening to
prevent the devastating HCC in the future. However, it is worth noting that Taiwan has a robust
guideline regarding screening of HCV infection. In order to further improve the early detection
of HCV infection, adherence to guideline recommended care would be crucial. Future studies
to explore the barrier to lack of adherence might be consider.
Last but not least, female physicians are more commonly associated with good outcome based on
various gender studies, ranging from female surgeon to female primary care provider. One would
wonder if there is a significant gender preference in specialty selection, which result in better
outcome among male provider as they were more likely to be internalist or gastroenterologist.
A more comprehensive analysis should be consider when we reach such a sensitive conclusion.
Please review this paper.
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Title: Late Hepatitis C Virus Diagnosis Among Patients with Newly Diagnosed Hepatocellular
Carcinoma: A Case-Control Study
Version: 1 Date: 20 Jul 2022
Reviewer's report:
Overall this is a great study and well written manuscript which paint a good picture of HCV
infection on a national level. It is unfortunate to find out that there are still significant percentage
of late diagnosis of HCV infection. The finding of the study will promote HCV screening to
prevent the devastating HCC in the future. However, it is worth noting that Taiwan has a robust
guideline regarding screening of HCV infection. In order to further improve the early detection
of HCV infection, adherence to guideline recommended care would be crucial. Future studies
to explore the barrier to lack of adherence might be consider.
Last but not least, female physicians are more commonly associated with good outcome based on
various gender studies, ranging from female surgeon to female primary care provider. One would
wonder if there is a significant gender preference in specialty selection, which result in better
outcome among male provider as they were more likely to be internalist or gastroenterologist.
A more comprehensive analysis should be consider when we reach such a sensitive conclusion.
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