Conversion surgery after preoperative therapy for advanced hepatocellular carcinoma in the era of molecular targeted therapy and immune checkpoint inhibitors

J Arita, A Ichida, R Nagata, Y Mihara… - Journal of Hepato …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Background Optimal strategies for advanced hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) tumors, such
as those with vascular tumor thrombus and those with extrahepatic metastases are unclear …

[HTML][HTML] Downstaging and resection of initially unresectable hepatocellular carcinoma with tyrosine kinase inhibitor and anti-PD-1 antibody combinations

XD Zhu, C Huang, YH Shen, Y Ji, NL Ge, XD Qu… - Liver cancer, 2021 - karger.com
Background: Combined therapy with tyrosine kinase inhibitors (TKIs) and anti-PD-1
antibodies has shown high tumor response rates for patients with unresectable …

New biological perspectives for the improvement of the efficacy of sorafenib in hepatocellular carcinoma

A Galmiche, B Chauffert, JC Barbare - Cancer letters, 2014 - Elsevier
Sorafenib, an orally-available kinase inhibitor, is the only medical treatment with a proven
efficacy against Hepatocellular Carcinoma (HCC). Although the overall clinical efficacy of …

Lenvatinib plus anti-PD-1 therapy represents a feasible conversion resection strategy for patients with initially unresectable hepatocellular carcinoma: a retrospective …

Y Yi, BY Sun, JL Weng, C Zhou, CH Zhou… - Frontiers in …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Purpose We aimed to investigate the feasibility of lenvatinib plus anti-PD-1 therapy as a
conversion therapy for initially unresectable hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). Methods …

HCMV activates the IL-6-JAK-STAT3 axis in HepG2 cells and primary human hepatocytes

Q Lepiller, W Abbas, A Kumar, MK Tripathy, G Herbein - PloS one, 2013 - journals.plos.org
Objectives There has been increased interest in the possible role of human cytomegalovirus
(HCMV) in carcinogenesis during the last decade. HCMV seroprevalence was enhanced in …

[HTML][HTML] Combination treatment including targeted therapy for advanced hepatocellular carcinoma

J Lin, L Wu, X Bai, Y Xie, A Wang, H Zhang, X Yang… - Oncotarget, 2016 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Management of advanced hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC), one of the most lethal cancers
worldwide, has presented a therapeutic challenge over past decades. Most patients with …

Conversion surgery for hepatocellular carcinoma following molecular therapy

K Yamamura, T Beppu, T Miyata, H Okabe… - Anticancer …, 2022 - ar.iiarjournals.org
Novel molecular therapies using targeted drugs and immune checkpoint inhibitors for
advanced hepatocellular carcinoma have been evolving. Sorafenib and lenvatinib have …

The current status and future prospects for conversion therapy in the treatment of hepatocellular carcinoma

J Bai, M Huang, B Song, W Luo… - Technology in Cancer …, 2023 - journals.sagepub.com
Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is the third most common cause of cancer-related deaths
worldwide. In China, most HCC patients are diagnosed with advanced disease and in these …

The outcome of sorafenib therapy on unresectable hepatocellular carcinoma: experience of conversion and salvage hepatectomy

T Yoshimoto, S Imura, Y Morine, T Ikemoto… - Anticancer …, 2018 - ar.iiarjournals.org
Background/Aim: We report the outcomes of sorafenib therapy for advanced hepatocellular
carcinoma (HCC) in our Department. Patients and Methods: Thirty-eight patients with …

[HTML][HTML] Long-term outcomes of patients with advanced hepatocellular carcinoma who achieved complete remission after sorafenib therapy

JG Park - Clinical and Molecular Hepatology, 2015 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Methods In total, 523 patients with advanced HCC were treated with sorafenib in 3 large
tertiary referral hospitals in Korea. A survey was conducted to collect data on patients who …