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ReviewCancers2022

Hepatocellular Carcinoma: Molecular Pathogenesis and Therapeutic Advances.

Blanca Cucarull, Anna Tutusaus, Patricia Rider, Tania Hernáez-Alsina, Carlos Cuño, Pablo García de Frutos, Anna Colell, Montserrat Marí, Albert Morales

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In one paragraph

Review in Cancers, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 49 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
49citing papers in PubMed, 2 pooled it
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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

49 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.

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  18. Gene Expression Aberrations in Alcohol-Associated Hepatocellular Carcinoma.International journal of molecular sciences · 2024
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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

9 authors.

Blanca CucarullDepartment of Cell Death and Proliferation, IIBB-CSIC, IDIBAPS, 08036 Barcelona, Spain.ORCID 0000-0001-5860-362X
Anna TutusausDepartment of Cell Death and Proliferation, IIBB-CSIC, IDIBAPS, 08036 Barcelona, Spain.ORCID 0000-0002-1133-321X
Patricia RiderDepartment of Cell Death and Proliferation, IIBB-CSIC, IDIBAPS, 08036 Barcelona, Spain.
Tania Hernáez-AlsinaDigestive Unit, Hospital San Pedro, Rioja Salud, 26006 Logroño, Spain.
Carlos CuñoDepartment of Cell Death and Proliferation, IIBB-CSIC, IDIBAPS, 08036 Barcelona, Spain.
Pablo García de FrutosDepartment of Cell Death and Proliferation, IIBB-CSIC, IDIBAPS, 08036 Barcelona, Spain.ORCID 0000-0003-1547-1190
Anna ColellDepartment of Cell Death and Proliferation, IIBB-CSIC, IDIBAPS, 08036 Barcelona, Spain.ORCID 0000-0001-5236-1834
Montserrat MaríDepartment of Cell Death and Proliferation, IIBB-CSIC, IDIBAPS, 08036 Barcelona, Spain.ORCID 0000-0002-6116-3247
Albert MoralesDepartment of Cell Death and Proliferation, IIBB-CSIC, IDIBAPS, 08036 Barcelona, Spain.ORCID 0000-0001-8702-2269

Funding

AGAUR 2017_SGR_177CERCA Programme/Generalitat de CatalunyaFEDER (Fondo Europeo de Desarrollo Regional, Unión Europea)Fundació la Marató de TV3 2021Instituto de Salud Carlos III PI19/01410Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación RTI2018-095672-B-I00 and RTI2018-095572-B-100
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC), the most common form of liver cancer, continues to be a serious medical problem with poor prognosis, without major therapeutic improvement for years and increasing incidence. Fortunately, advances in systemic treatment options are finally arriving for HCC patients. After a decade of sorafenib as a standard therapy for advanced HCC, several tyrosine kinase inhibitors (TKIs), antiangiogenic antibodies, and immune checkpoint inhibitors have reached the clinic. Although infections by hepatitis B virus and hepatitis C virus remain principal factors for HCC development, the rise of non- alcoholic steatohepatitis from diabetes mellitus or metabolic syndrome is impeding HCC decline. Knowledge of specific molecular mechanisms, based on the etiology and the HCC microenvironment that influence tumor growth and immune control, will be crucial for physician decision-making among a variety of drugs to prescribe. In addition, markers of treatment efficacy are needed to speed the movement of patients towards other potentially effective treatments. Consequently, research to provide scientific data for the evidence-based management of liver cancer is guaranteed in the coming years and discussed here.

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immune checkpoint inhibitorsliver cancermolecular therapiestumor microenvironmenttyrosine kinase inhibitors

Identifiers

PMID35158892
PMCPMC8833604

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