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ReviewCancers2022

Resistance to Antiangiogenic Therapy in Hepatocellular Carcinoma: From Molecular Mechanisms to Clinical Impact.

Piera Federico, Emilio Francesco Giunta, Andrea Tufo, Francesco Tovoli, Angelica Petrillo, Bruno Daniele

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Review in Cancers, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
8citing papers in PubMed
0.8field-weighted citation impact, top 28% of its field
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

8 citing papers in PubMed, 7 citations in OpenAlex.

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  4. MRI-based deep learning radiomics in predicting histological differentiation of oropharyngeal cancer: a multicenter cohort study.Clinical & translational oncology : official publication of the Federation of Spanish Oncology Societies and of the National Cancer Institute of Mexico · 2026
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  5. [Chinese expert consensus on the use of standardized second-line drugs for primary hepatocellular carcinoma].Zhonghua gan zang bing za zhi = Zhonghua ganzangbing zazhi = Chinese journal of hepatology · 2026
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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

6 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Piera FedericoMedical Oncology Unit, Ospedale del Mare, 80147 Naples, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-0863-7546
Emilio Francesco GiuntaDepartment of Precision Medicine, School of Medicine, University of Study of Campania "L. Vanvitelli", 80131 Naples, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-5383-4469
Andrea TufoSurgical Unit, Ospedale del Mare, 80147 Napoli, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-4495-1241
Francesco TovoliDepartment of Medical and Surgical Sciences, University of Bologna, 40126 Bologna, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-8350-1155
Angelica PetrilloMedical Oncology Unit, Ospedale del Mare, 80147 Naples, Italy.ORCID 0000-0001-5489-5733
Bruno DanieleMedical Oncology Unit, Ospedale del Mare, 80147 Naples, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-2638-3156
Azienda USL di Bologna · ITUniversity of Campania "Luigi Vanvitelli" · IT

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Antiangiogenic drugs were the only mainstay of advanced hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) treatment from 2007 to 2017. However, primary or secondary resistance hampered their efficacy. Primary resistance could be due to different molecular and/or genetic characteristics of HCC and their knowledge would clarify the optimal treatment approach in each patient. Several molecular mechanisms responsible for secondary resistance have been discovered over the last few years; they represent potential targets for new specific drugs. In this light, the advent of checkpoint inhibitors (ICIs) has been a new opportunity; however, their use has highlighted other issues: the vascular normalization compared to a vessel pruning to promote the delivery of an active cancer immunotherapy and the development of resistance to immunotherapy which leads to a better selection of patients as candidates for ICIs. Nevertheless, the combination of antiangiogenic therapy plus ICIs represents an intriguing approach with high potential to improve the survival of these patients. Waiting for results from ongoing clinical trials, this review depicts the current knowledge about the resistance to antiangiogenic drugs in HCC. It could also provide updated information to clinicians focusing on the most effective combinations or sequential approaches in this regard, based on molecular mechanisms.

Indexed as

hepatocellular carcinomaimmune checkpoint inhibitorsmolecular targeted drugsprimary resistancesecondary resistancevessel normalizationWnt/β-catenin

Identifiers

PMID36551730
PMCPMC9776845
OpenAlexW4312140310

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