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Current Oncology, Volume 27, Issue 13

November 2020 - 6 articles

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Articles (6)

  • Review
  • Open Access
43 Citations
4,463 Views
6 Pages

1 November 2020

Hepatocellular carcinoma is a leading cause of cancer-related mortality worldwide. This review summarizes the epidemiology and causes of the disease, and the roles of screening and surveillance for early tumour detection. It also highlights the impor...

  • Review
  • Open Access
16 Citations
2,031 Views
8 Pages

Current Locoregional Therapies and Treatment Strategies in Hepatocellular Carcinoma

  • L. Cardarelli-Leite,
  • A. Hadjivassiliou,
  • D. Klass,
  • J. Chung,
  • S. G. F. Ho,
  • H. J. Lim,
  • P. T. W. Kim,
  • A. Mujoomdar and
  • D. M. Liu

1 November 2020

Locoregional therapies (LRTs) play an important role in the treatment of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC), with the aim of increasing overall survival while preserving liver function. Various forms of LRT are available, and choosing the best one depend...

  • Review
  • Open Access
19 Citations
2,899 Views
13 Pages

1 November 2020

The multikinase inhibitor sorafenib was the only approved systemic therapy in advanced hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) for about a decade. In recent years, the number of approved agents has increased significantly as a result of a number of positive p...

  • Review
  • Open Access
7 Citations
2,097 Views
8 Pages

1 November 2020

Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is one of the most common cancers in the world. It has a high mortality rate, especially when localized treatments fail. For about a decade, the only systemic treatment shown to improve survival was sorafenib. Recently,...

  • Review
  • Open Access
13 Citations
2,424 Views
8 Pages

1 November 2020

The results of the SHARP trial established sorafenib, a tyrosine kinase inhibitor (TKI), as the sole first-line treatment option in advanced hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) for more than a decade. In 2020, there has been a surge in new therapies for H...

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