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ReviewHepatic oncology2018

Systemic treatments for hepatocellular carcinoma: challenges and future perspectives.

Francesco Tovoli, Giulia Negrini, Francesca Benevento, Chiara Faggiano, Elisabetta Goio, Alessandro Granito

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Review in Hepatic oncology, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 26 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
26citing papers in PubMed
3.6field-weighted citation impact, top 6% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

26 citing papers in PubMed, 35 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Francesco TovoliDepartment of Medical & Surgical Sciences, University of Bologna, S Orsola-Malpighi Hospital, Bologna, Italy.
Giulia NegriniDepartment of Medical & Surgical Sciences, University of Bologna, S Orsola-Malpighi Hospital, Bologna, Italy.
Francesca BeneventoDepartment of Medical & Surgical Sciences, University of Bologna, S Orsola-Malpighi Hospital, Bologna, Italy.
Chiara FaggianoDepartment of Medical & Surgical Sciences, University of Bologna, S Orsola-Malpighi Hospital, Bologna, Italy.
Elisabetta GoioDepartment of Medical & Surgical Sciences, University of Bologna, S Orsola-Malpighi Hospital, Bologna, Italy.
Alessandro GranitoDepartment of Medical & Surgical Sciences, University of Bologna, S Orsola-Malpighi Hospital, Bologna, Italy.
Policlinico S.Orsola-Malpighi · ITUniversity of Bologna · IT

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Sorafenib has been the only approved systemic treatment of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) for almost a decade. Recently, two new drugs showed positive results in two Phase III studies. The RESORCE trial identified regorafenib as a valid second-line treatment for patients progressing to sorafenib, the REFLECT trial showed that lenvatinib is noninferior to sorafenib as front-line treatment. Following these trials, the therapeutic scenario will be dominated by anti-VEGFR drugs, with three different molecules showing a proven anticancer activity. Some open problems still remain and different immunotherapy trials are underway, following promising preliminary results. In this review we analyze: the most recent advancements about patients treated with sorafenib; the results of RESORCE and REFLECT trials; and the ongoing Phase III clinical trials. Finally, we discuss how they could address the current problems and possibly reshape the future of the systemic treatments for HCC.

Indexed as

cabozantinibhepatocellular carcinomaimmunotherapylenvatinibmetronomic capecitabineregorafenibsorafenibsystemic therapies

Identifiers

PMID30302192
PMCPMC6168042
OpenAlexW2793936709

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