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ArticleFrontiers in oncology2021

Case Report: Durable Response to Very Low Dose Tyrosine Kinase Inhibitors in Advanced Hepatocellular Carcinoma.

Tin-Yun Tang, Katherine Daunov, Richard T Lee

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Article in Frontiers in oncology, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Tin-Yun TangDepartment of Medicine, University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center, Cleveland, OH, United States.
Katherine DaunovDivision of Hematology and Oncology, University Hospitals Seidman Cancer Center, Cleveland, OH, United States.
Richard T LeeDivision of Hematology and Oncology, University Hospitals Seidman Cancer Center, Cleveland, OH, United States.
Case Western Reserve University · USUniversity Hospitals of Cleveland · USUniversity Hospitals Seidman Cancer Center · US

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The oral tyrosine kinase inhibitors (TKI) sorafenib, regorafenib, and cabozantinib are approved for advanced hepatocellular carcinoma (aHCC) and improve survival. However, patients on these medications frequently require dose reductions or discontinuation due to multiple side effects leading to poor tolerability. Here we report three different aHCC patients with clinical responses outlasting those reported in their corresponding Phase 3 clinical trials on 1/8th the target dose for sorafenib, 1/4th the target dose for regorafenib and 1/6th the target dose for cabozantinib respectively. As these doses are below the minimal recommended doses on the FDA labels, this case series provides a preliminary demonstration that low dose TKI therapy can be effective and patients on TKIs should first assess for clinical response before empirically discontinuing TKI therapy on the basis of tolerating only a low dose.

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cabozantinibhepatocellular carcinoma (HCC)low doseminimal effective doseregorafenibsorafenib

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PMID34976819
PMCPMC8716780
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