ReviewAdvances in cancer research2021
Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC): Epidemiology, etiology and molecular classification.
Review in Advances in cancer research, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT07147335 (The Role of Serum AKR1B10 in Early Warning of Hepatocellular Carcinoma in Cirrhosis Patients ------ Risk Early Warning and Follow-up Study), which is not on this map. Cited by 582 papers, 5 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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The Role of Serum AKR1B10 in Early Warning of Hepatocellular Carcinoma in Cirrhosis Patients ------ Risk Early Warning and Follow-up Study
Who cites it
582 citing papers in PubMed, 5 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 840 citations in OpenAlex.
- A systematic review of MicroRNA (miRNA) biomarkers in the diagnosis and prognosis of hepatocellular carcinoma.Irish journal of medical science · 2026Pooled it
- Comparative efficacy of combination regimens based on interventional therapy and immune checkpoint inhibitors (ICIs) in patients with intermediate- and advanced-stage hepatocellular carcinoma: a systematic review, meta-analysis, and network meta-analysis.Cancer immunology, immunotherapy : CII · 2026Pooled it
- Combination therapy with anti-PD-1 antibody, radiotherapy, and tyrosine kinase inhibitor for unresectable primary ectopic hepatocellular carcinoma: a case report with genomic profiling and literature review.Frontiers in immunology · 2026Pooled it
- Recent Advancements in Known and Emerging Risk Factors of Hepatocellular Carcinoma.Cancer medicine · 2025Pooled it
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- Understanding the Potential of Antibody-Drug Conjugates Functionalized Engineered Exosomes in Hepatocellular Carcinoma Therapy: A Comprehensive Narrative Review.Health science reports · 2026Article
- Construction of an ATP hydrolysis-related 11-gene signature for predicting prognosis and immune response in hepatocellular carcinoma.Medicine · 2026Article
- Elucidating the beneficial effects of gut microbiota-derived metabolites in treating hepatocellular carcinoma: an integrated network pharmacology, molecular docking, and single-cell sequencing analysis.Bioresources and bioprocessing · 2026Article
- Molecular Signaling Pathways, Regulatory and Coactivator Networks, and Emerging Mechanisms in Hepatocellular Carcinoma.Biomedicines · 2026Review
- MTA-NPs induce preferential cytotoxicity, oxidative DNA damage, and mitochondrial apoptosis in human Hep-G2 hepatocellular carcinoma cells.Naunyn-Schmiedeberg's archives of pharmacology · 2026Article
- IFI16/204 Promotes Dendritic Cell Activation and Anti-Hepatocellular Carcinoma Efficacy via the STING-TBK1-IRF3 Signalling Pathway.Immunology · 2026Article
- Comparison of the Effects of Sorafenib and Stem Cell Secretome on HepG2 Cancer Cells with Respect to the Ras/Raf/MEK/ERK Pathway.Journal of clinical medicine · 2026Article
- Cuproptosis in hepatocellular carcinoma: bridging copper homeostasis with therapeutic horizons.Molecular biology reports · 2026Review
- Microbial levan potentiates hepatic retention and antitumor activity of a PEGylated benzimidazole-curcumin nanocomplex through TLR2-FXR/FGF15-associated immunometabolic remodeling in experimental liver cancer.Scientific reports · 2026Article
- Small Extracellular Vesicle-Associated Polymeric Immunoglobulin Receptor in Primary Liver Cancer: From Immunological Mediator to Oncogenic Driver and Biomarker.Cell proliferation · 2026Article
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- Portal vein embolization for arterio-portal shunt closure in hepatocellular carcinoma to facilitate selective internal radiation therapy.World journal of radiology · 2026Article
- Polysaccharides: Natural candidates for targeting immunometabolic regulation in hepatocellular carcinoma (Review).Molecular medicine reports · 2026Review
- Targeting the 4EBP1/HSP90β/Nrf2 Axis Sensitizes β-catenin-mutant Hepatocellular Carcinoma to mTOR Inhibitors via Ferroptosis Induction.Journal of clinical and translational hepatology · 2026Article
- Chaperone-mediated autophagy is a tumor-suppressive mechanism in hepatocellular carcinoma.Cell reports · 2026Article
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Abstract
Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC), the primary malignancy of hepatocytes, is a diagnosis with bleak outcome. According to National Cancer Institute's SEER database, the average five-year survival rate of HCC patients in the US is 19.6% but can be as low as 2.5% for advanced, metastatic disease. When diagnosed at early stages, it is treatable with locoregional treatments including surgical resection, Radio-Frequency Ablation, Trans-Arterial Chemoembolization or liver transplantation. However, HCC is usually diagnosed at advanced stages when the tumor is unresectable, making these treatments ineffective. In such instances, systemic therapy with tyrosine kinase inhibitors (TKIs) becomes the only viable option, even though it benefits only 30% of patients, provides only a modest (~3months) increase in overall survival and causes drug resistance within 6months. HCC, like many other cancers, is highly heterogeneous making a one-size fits all option problematic. The selection of liver transplantation, locoregional treatment, TKIs or immune checkpoint inhibitors as a treatment strategy depends on the disease stage and underlying condition(s). Additionally, patients with similar disease phenotype can have different molecular etiology making treatment responses different. Stratification of patients at the molecular level would facilitate development of the most effective treatment option. With the increase in efficiency and affordability of "omics"-level analysis, considerable effort has been expended in classifying HCC at the molecular, metabolic and immunologic levels. This review examines the results of these efforts and the ways they can be leveraged to develop targeted treatment options for HCC.
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