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ArticleAmerican journal of cancer research2020

Current statuses of molecular targeted and immune checkpoint therapies in hepatocellular carcinoma.

Deqiang Kong, Chen Liu, Xiaolong Miao, Yao Wang, Xianfeng Ding, Weihua Gong

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Article in American journal of cancer research, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers.

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6 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Deqiang KongDepartment of Surgery, Second Affiliated Hospital of School of Medicine, Zhejiang University Hangzhou, People's Republic of China.
Chen LiuDepartment of Surgery, Second Affiliated Hospital of School of Medicine, Zhejiang University Hangzhou, People's Republic of China.
Xiaolong MiaoDepartment of Surgery, Second Affiliated Hospital of School of Medicine, Zhejiang University Hangzhou, People's Republic of China.
Yao WangCollege of Life Sciences and Medicine, Zhejiang Sci-Tech University Hangzhou, People's Republic of China.
Xianfeng DingCollege of Life Sciences and Medicine, Zhejiang Sci-Tech University Hangzhou, People's Republic of China.
Weihua GongDepartment of Surgery, Second Affiliated Hospital of School of Medicine, Zhejiang University Hangzhou, People's Republic of China.
Second Affiliated Hospital of Zhejiang University · CNZhejiang Sci-Tech University · CN

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Treatment of advanced hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) still confronts great challenges due to high rate of therapeutic resistance. The emergence of systemic treatment with molecular targeted and immune checkpoint therapies has brought novel approaches towards patients with advanced HCC. However, sorafenib, as the first approved systemic treatment in 2007, only increased overall survival by three months in advanced HCC patients. Afterwards, little progress has been made for molecular targeted agents. Only four molecular drugs are empirically used in clinical practice. Lenvatinib acts as a first-line drug, whereas regorafenib, ramucirumab, and cabozantinib are defined as second-line drugs. Nevertheless, clinical findings reveal that overall survival remains unchanged. Albeit immunotherapy-based approaches are currently considered promising therapeutic strategies for advanced HCC, a minority of patients could benefit from them. These beneficiaries are to be accordingly identified. Combined immunotherapies with matched molecular targeted treatments would be a novel breakthrough. Herein, we summarize the current statuses of immunotherapies and molecular targeted drug therapies, and mainly identify clinically feasible chemoimmunotherapeutic strategies.

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chemoimmunotherapyHepatocellular carcinomaimmunotherapymolecular targeted therapy

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PMID32509395
PMCPMC7269783
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