Advances in targeted therapies for hepatocellular carcinoma in the genomic era

JM Llovet, A Villanueva, A Lachenmayer… - Nature reviews Clinical …, 2015 - nature.com
Mortality owing to liver cancer has increased in the past 20 years, and the latest estimates
indicate that the global health burden of this disease will continue to grow. Most patients with …

Molecular targeted therapy for hepatocellular carcinoma in the current and potential next strategies

S Tanaka, S Arii - Journal of gastroenterology, 2011 - Springer
Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is one of the most common malignancies worldwide and its
incidence is still increasing. While the primary curative treatment for HCC is surgical …

From molecular biology to targeted therapies for hepatocellular carcinoma: the future is now

RWC Pang, RTP Poon - Oncology, 2007 - karger.com
Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is characterized as a highly chemoresistant cancer with no
effective systemic therapy. Despite surgical or locoregional therapies, prognosis remains …

New molecular therapies for hepatocellular carcinoma

S Torrecilla, JM Llovet - Clinics and Research in Hepatology and …, 2015 - Elsevier
Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is a major health problem. Mortality owing to liver cancer
has increased in the past 20 years, with recent studies reporting an incidence of 780,000 …

Molecular approaches to treatment of hepatocellular carcinoma

A Lachenmayer, C Alsinet, CY Chang… - Digestive and Liver …, 2010 - Elsevier
Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) remains a highly complex disease resistant to commonly
used chemotherapy and radiotherapy. As the sixth most common cancer worldwide with the …

Current status of molecularly targeted therapy for hepatocellular carcinoma: clinical practice

M Kudo - International journal of clinical oncology, 2010 - Springer
In recent years, molecular-targeted agents have been used clinically to treat various
malignant tumors. In May 2009, sorafenib (Nexavar®) was approved in Japan for …

Hepatocellular carcinoma: past and future of molecular target therapy

K Nguyen, K Jack, W Sun - Diseases, 2015 - mdpi.com
Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is one of the most common causes of cancer related
mortality worldwide. The incidence of HCC has been increasing annually. Viral infection …

New molecularly targeted therapies against advanced hepatocellular carcinoma: From molecular pathogenesis to clinical trials and future directions

M Chuma, K Terashita, N Sakamoto - Hepatology research, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) can be lethal due to its aggressive course and lack of
effective systemic therapies for advanced disease. Sorafenib is the only systemic therapy …

[HTML][HTML] Molecular targeted therapy for hepatocellular carcinoma: current and future

JW Shin, YH Chung - World journal of gastroenterology: WJG, 2013 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is one of the most frequent tumors worldwide. The majority
of HCC cases occur in patients with chronic liver disease. Despite regular surveillance to …

Molecular targeted therapy of hepatocellular carcinoma-results of the first clinical studies

MW Wiedmann, J Mossner - Current cancer drug targets, 2011 - ingentaconnect.com
Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is a common cancer with poor prognosis and worldwide
rising incidence during the last years. Although orthotopic liver transplantation, surgical …