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ReviewHepatology international2020

Novel systemic therapy for hepatocellular carcinoma.

Yawen Dong, Tsung-Hao Liu, Thomas Yau, Chiun Hsu

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Review in Hepatology international, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 14 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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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

14 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors.

Yawen DongDepartment of Medicine, Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine, University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China.
Tsung-Hao LiuGraduate Institute of Oncology, National Taiwan University College of Medicine, Taipei, Taiwan.
Thomas YauDepartment of Medicine, Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine, University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China. tyaucc@hku.hk.
Chiun HsuGraduate Institute of Oncology, National Taiwan University College of Medicine, Taipei, Taiwan. chsu1967@ntu.edu.tw.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-1122-0055

Funding

Ministry of Education, Taiwan NTU-109L901403Ministry of Science and Technology, Taiwan MOST 109-2634-F-002-043-
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Systemic therapy for hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) used to be limited to patients with advanced diseases and multi-kinase inhibitors targeting tumor angiogenesis the major approach of developing new treatment options. In the past 3 years, new data from trials of both molecular targeted therapy and immune checkpoint inhibitors (ICI) provided many new options of first- and second-line treatment for advanced HCC. Most notably, combination of ICI targeting the program cell death-1 (PD-1) pathway with other novel agents or conventional anti-cancer therapy may further improve treatment efficacy in different clinical settings. In this paper updated data of clinical trials of systemic therapy in the first- and second-line settings for advanced HCC were reviewed and the following issues were discussed: (1) lessons of trial design learned from positive and negative trials; (2) the balance between efficacy and safety in clinical practice; and (3) impact on future multi-disciplinary management of HCC.

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Carcinoma, HepatocellularLiver NeoplasmsPatient Care ManagementHumansImmune Checkpoint InhibitorsMolecular Targeted TherapyRandomized Controlled Trials as TopicTreatment OutcomeImmune Checkpoint InhibitorsAccelerated approvalAdverse eventsAnti-angiogenesisCombination therapyCytotoxic T-lymphocyte-associated protein-4 (CTLA-4)Immune checkpoint inhibitorMolecular targeted therapyMulti-disciplinary managementProgram cell death-1 (PD-1)Randomized control trials

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