Antitumor effect of vascular endothelial growth factor inhibitor sunitinib in preclinical models of hepatocellular carcinoma

CM Bagi, DF Gebhard, CJ Andresen - European journal of …, 2012 - journals.lww.com
Objective Tumor recurrence and metastasis is the most common cause of mortality in
hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) patients. Despite positive results with vascular endothelial …

Sunitinib (SUTENT, SU11248) suppresses tumor growth and induces apoptosis in xenograft models of human hepatocellular carcinoma

H Huynh, VC Ngo, SP Choo, D Poon… - Current Cancer Drug …, 2009 - ingentaconnect.com
Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is the fifth most common and third deadliest primary
neoplasm. Since HCC is a particularly vascular solid tumor, we determined the antitumor …

Comparing the efficacy of sunitinib with sorafenib in xenograft models of human hepatocellular carcinoma: mechanistic explanation

H Huynh, SP Choo, HC Toh, WM Tai… - Current Cancer Drug …, 2011 - ingentaconnect.com
Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is the fifth most common and third deadliest malignancy.
Sorafenib has demonstrated 44% survival advantage over placebo and has emerged as a …

Efficacy, safety, and changes in angiogenic markers following sunitinib monotherapy in patients with advanced hepatocellular carcinoma: Experience from a phase II …

A Zhu, D Sahani, E Di Tomaso, D Duda… - Molecular Cancer …, 2007 - AACR
Abstract PR-7 Background: Patients (pts) with advanced hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC)
have a poor prognosis. HCC is a highly vascular tumor with increased levels of angiogenic …

A phase II study of sunitinib in patients with advanced hepatocellular carcinoma

AX Zhu, DV Sahani, E Di Tomaso, D Duda… - Journal of Clinical …, 2007 - ascopubs.org
4637 Background: Patients (pts) with advanced hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) have a
poor prognosis. HCC is a highly vascular tumor with increased levels of angiogenic factors …

Early development of sunitinib in hepatocellular carcinoma

AX Zhu, E Raymond - Expert review of anticancer therapy, 2009 - Taylor & Francis
Sunitinib malate is an oral, multitargeted receptor tyrosine kinase inhibitor of VEGF receptors
1, 2 and 3; PDGF receptors α and β, and other receptor tyrosine kinases implicated in tumor …

Sunitinib monotherapy in patients with advanced hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC): Insights from a multidisciplinary phase II study

AX Zhu, DV Sahani, E Di Tomaso, DG Duda… - Journal of Clinical …, 2008 - ascopubs.org
4521 Background: HCC is a highly vascular tumor and angiogenic pathways such as VEGF
and IL-6 play a key role in proliferation and angiogenesis. Sunitinib (SU) is an oral …

Sunitinib in patients with advanced hepatocellular carcinoma after progression under sorafenib treatment

MA Wörns, M Schuchmann, C Düber, G Otto, PR Galle… - Oncology, 2010 - karger.com
Objective: To evaluate the safety and efficacy of sunitinib in patients with advanced
hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) after progression under sorafenib treatment. Methods …

Development of sunitinib in hepatocellular carcinoma: rationale, early clinical experience, and correlative studies

AX Zhu, DG Duda, DV Sahani, RK Jain - The Cancer Journal, 2009 - journals.lww.com
The approval of a multitargeted receptor tyrosine kinase inhibitor, sorafenib, with activity
against vascular endothelial growth factor receptor-2 and-3, Raf-1 and B-Raf, platelet …

Safety and efficacy of sunitinib in patients with advanced hepatocellular carcinoma: an open-label, multicentre, phase II study

S Faivre, E Raymond, E Boucher, J Douillard… - The lancet …, 2009 - thelancet.com
Background Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) tumour spread is partly dependent on
neoangiogenesis. In this open-label, multicentre, phase II trial done in Europe and Asia …