University of Miami
The investigators are trying to learn more about the personal perceptions and experiences regarding the needs of patients with liver cancer to help improve the care of all patients. The investigators would like to know whether there are needs that patients have or are aware of, especially those needs that the investigators have not been able to address. The investigators aim to develop a program that helps participants and participant's families to navigate the process of being diagnosed with liver cancer and receiving treatment.
Inclusion Criteria: * HCC Patients: * Enrolled or eligible for enrollment in Unified Prospective Registry and Biorepository of Patients with Chronic Liver Disease or Hepatobiliary Cancers Including Hepatocellular Carcinoma (HCC) and Cholangiocarcinoma. * Diagnosis of hepatocellular carcinoma, confirmed by clinical chart review and International Classification of Diseases, Tenth Revision (ICD-10) C22.0. * Adults, age 18 or older * Able to provide informed consent * All other interviewees: * Advocates who will self-identify as having had HCC. * Others who self-identify as either a…
Participants will meet with a navigator, in either English, Spanish or Creole, biweekly, in person or virtually, until the first treatment appointment and every three months after. Each session will last approximately one hour; depending on the needs identified, patients will be connected to appropriate institutional or community-based resources.
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