Combination immunotherapy for hepatocellular carcinoma

L Rimassa, RS Finn, B Sangro - Journal of Hepatology, 2023 - Elsevier
Single-agent immune checkpoint inhibitors (ICIs) have been tested in patients with
advanced hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC), leading to objective response rates of 15-20 …

Challenges of combination therapy with immune checkpoint inhibitors for hepatocellular carcinoma

AL Cheng, C Hsu, SL Chan, SP Choo, M Kudo - Journal of hepatology, 2020 - Elsevier
Immune checkpoint inhibitor (ICI) therapy targeting anti-programmed cell death-1 (anti-PD-
1) or its ligand (anti-PD-L1) is the backbone of numerous combination regimens aimed at …

Current perspectives on the immunosuppressive tumor microenvironment in hepatocellular carcinoma: challenges and opportunities

C Lu, D Rong, B Zhang, W Zheng, X Wang, Z Chen… - Molecular cancer, 2019 - Springer
Incidence of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is on the rise due to the prevalence of chronic
hepatitis and cirrhosis. Although there are surgical and chemotherapy treatment avenues …

The current landscape of immune checkpoint blockade in hepatocellular carcinoma: a review

M Pinter, RK Jain, DG Duda - JAMA oncology, 2021 - jamanetwork.com
Importance For more than a decade, sorafenib has been the only systemic treatment option
for patients with advanced hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). However, rapid progress over …

Targeting immune cells in the tumor microenvironment of HCC: new opportunities and challenges

X Hao, G Sun, Y Zhang, X Kong, D Rong… - Frontiers in cell and …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Immune associated cells in the microenvironment have a significant impact on the
development and progression of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) and have received more …

Immunotherapy for hepatocellular carcinoma

Y Zongyi, L Xiaowu - Cancer letters, 2020 - Elsevier
abstract Despite significant research efforts, only a few treatment approaches have been
developed for hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). In recent years, immune checkpoint …

Molecular predictors of prevention of recurrence in HCC with sorafenib as adjuvant treatment and prognostic factors in the phase 3 STORM trial

R Pinyol, R Montal, L Bassaganyas, D Sia, T Takayama… - Gut, 2019 - gut.bmj.com
Objective Sorafenib is the standard systemic therapy for advanced hepatocellular carcinoma
(HCC). Survival benefits of resection/local ablation for early HCC are compromised by 70 …

Direct and indirect modulation of T cells by VEGF-A counteracted by anti-angiogenic treatment

M Bourhis, J Palle, I Galy-Fauroux… - Frontiers in immunology, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Vascular endothelial growth factor A is known to play a central role in tumor angiogenesis.
Several studies showed that VEGF-A is also an immunosuppressive factor. In tumor-bearing …

Sorafenib: a review in hepatocellular carcinoma

GM Keating - Targeted oncology, 2017 - Springer
Sorafenib (Nexavar®) is currently the only systemic agent approved for use in hepatocellular
carcinoma (HCC). Its approval was based on the results of the pivotal SHARP and Sorafenib …

Novel targeted therapies and immunotherapy for advanced thyroid cancers

GE Naoum, M Morkos, B Kim, W Arafat - Molecular cancer, 2018 - Springer
Thyroid cancer is a frequently encountered endocrine malignancy. Despite the favorable
prognosis of this disease, 15–20% of differentiated thyroid cancer (DTC) cases and most …