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ReviewWorld journal of gastrointestinal surgery2025

Neoadjuvant therapy: Dawn of reducing the high post-surgery recurrence rate of hepatocellular carcinoma.

Xiao-Dong Zhang, Lu-Yi Zhang, Jia-Liang Luo, Ke-Heng Yu, Ke-Lei Zhu

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Review in World journal of gastrointestinal surgery, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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5 authors.

Xiao-Dong ZhangDepartment of Hepatopancreatobiliary Surgery, The Affiliated People's Hospital of Ningbo University, Ningbo 315040, Zhejiang Province, China.
Lu-Yi ZhangZhejiang Provincial Key Laboratory of Pathophysiology, Health Science Center, Ningbo University, Ningbo 315211, Zhejiang Province, China.
Jia-Liang LuoDepartment of Hepatopancreatobiliary Surgery, The Affiliated People's Hospital of Ningbo University, Ningbo 315040, Zhejiang Province, China.
Ke-Heng YuDepartment of Hepatopancreatobiliary Surgery, The Affiliated People's Hospital of Ningbo University, Ningbo 315040, Zhejiang Province, China.
Ke-Lei ZhuDepartment of Hepatopancreatobiliary Surgery, The Affiliated People's Hospital of Ningbo University, Ningbo 315040, Zhejiang Province, China. dr.zkl@163.com.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The high postoperative recurrence rate remains a major challenge in the treatment of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) following resection. Increasing research has been delved into investigating the role of neoadjuvant therapy on the prognosis of resectable HCC. Recent trends in combination therapy with molecularly targeted agents and immune checkpoint inhibitors have significantly improved the efficacy of systemic antitumor treatments, yielding survival benefits exceeding 40%. Neoadjuvant therapy for HCC, whether based on systemic antitumor treatments, locoregional therapies, or their combination, has emerged as a promising research direction. However, there remains a matter of debate on neoadjuvant therapy. In this review, we summarize and discuss the research progress and challenges of neoadjuvant therapy for HCC over the past five years from the perspective of Chinese guidelines to provide new insights and future directions in this field.

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Hepatocellular carcinomaImmune checkpoint inhibitorLocoregional therapyMolecularly targeted drugNeoadjuvant therapy

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PMID40162404
PMCPMC11948117

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