Targeted therapy for hepatocellular carcinoma

A Huang, XR Yang, WY Chung, AR Dennison… - Signal transduction and …, 2020 - nature.com
The last 3 years have seen the emergence of promising targeted therapies for the treatment
of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). Sorafenib has been the mainstay of treatment for a …

Management of adverse events associated with tyrosine kinase inhibitors: improving outcomes for patients with hepatocellular carcinoma

L Rimassa, R Danesi, T Pressiani, P Merle - Cancer Treatment Reviews, 2019 - Elsevier
Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is the most common form of primary liver cancer.
Sorafenib, regorafenib, lenvatinib and cabozantinib are tyrosine kinase inhibitors (TKIs) that …

[HTML][HTML] Prognostic factors and predictors of sorafenib benefit in patients with hepatocellular carcinoma: analysis of two phase III studies

J Bruix, AL Cheng, G Meinhardt, K Nakajima… - Journal of …, 2017 - Elsevier
Background & Aims Sorafenib, an oral multikinase inhibitor, significantly prolonged overall
survival (OS) vs. placebo in patients with unresectable hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) in …

[HTML][HTML] Challenges of advanced hepatocellular carcinoma

S Colagrande, AL Inghilesi, S Aburas… - World journal of …, 2016 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is an aggressive malignancy, resulting as the third cause
of death by cancer each year. The management of patients with HCC is complex, as both the …

Systemic treatment for advanced hepatocellular carcinoma

M Bouattour, N Mehta, AR He, EI Cohen, JC Nault - Liver cancer, 2019 - karger.com
Background: Patients with advanced hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) have a poor
prognosis. First-line sorafenib has been the standard of care for a decade, but the treatment …

Clinical significance of adverse events for patients with unresectable hepatocellular carcinoma treated with lenvatinib: a multicenter retrospective study

S Shimose, H Iwamoto, T Niizeki, T Shirono, Y Noda… - Cancers, 2020 - mdpi.com
We sought to investigate the clinical profile (s) associated with the discontinuation of
lenvatinib (LEN) due to severe adverse events (DLSAE) in patients with unresectable …

[HTML][HTML] Sorafenib as first-line therapy in patients with advanced Child-Pugh B hepatocellular carcinoma—A meta-analysis

MG McNamara, AE Slagter, C Nuttall… - European Journal of …, 2018 - Elsevier
Background Sorafenib has demonstrated survival benefit in first-line treatment of advanced
hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC); utility of sorafenib in patients with advanced HCC and …

[HTML][HTML] Gemcitabine plus sorafenib versus gemcitabine alone in advanced biliary tract cancer: a double-blind placebo-controlled multicentre phase II AIO study with …

M Möhler, A Maderer, C Schimanski, S Kanzler… - European journal of …, 2014 - Elsevier
Background Since sorafenib has shown activity in different tumour types and gemcitabine
regimens improved the outcome for biliary tract cancer (BTC) patients, we evaluated first-line …

Prognostic significance of adverse events in patients with hepatocellular carcinoma treated with sorafenib

A Granito, S Marinelli, G Negrini… - Therapeutic …, 2016 - journals.sagepub.com
Sorafenib is the standard treatment for patients with hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) with
advanced stage disease. Although its effectiveness has been demonstrated by randomized …

Sorafenib treatment in Child–Pugh A and B patients with advanced hepatocellular carcinoma: safety, efficacy and prognostic factors

S Ogasawara, T Chiba, Y Ooka, N Kanogawa… - Investigational new …, 2015 - Springer
Background We aimed to evaluate the safety, efficacy and prognostic impact of baseline and
early clinical markers in both Child–Pugh A and B patients with advanced hepatocellular …