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ReviewCA: a cancer journal for clinicians

Advances in the treatment of hepatocellular carcinoma: An overview of the current and evolving therapeutic landscape for clinicians.

Dimitrios Moris, Alessandro Martinino, Sarah Schiltz, Peter J Allen, Andrew Barbas, Debra Sudan, Lindsay King, Carl Berg, Charles Kim, Mustafa Bashir and 3 more

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Review in CA: a cancer journal for clinicians. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 96 papers, 5 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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96citing papers in PubMed, 5 pooled it
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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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

96 citing papers in PubMed, 5 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.

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  2. Prognostic significance of systemic immune-inflammation index in hepatocellular carcinoma: a meta-analysis.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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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

13 authors.

Dimitrios MorisDivision of Surgical Oncology, Department of Surgery, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-5276-0699
Alessandro MartininoDivision of Abdominal Transplantation, Department of Surgery, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-4016-534X
Sarah SchiltzPatient Advocate Steering Committee, National Cancer Institute Hepatobiliary Task Force, Los Gatos, California, USA.
Peter J AllenDivision of Surgical Oncology, Department of Surgery, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina, USA.
Andrew BarbasDivision of Abdominal Transplantation, Department of Surgery, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-3476-2313
Debra SudanDivision of Abdominal Transplantation, Department of Surgery, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-4315-4459
Lindsay KingDivision of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Department of Medicine, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina, USA.
Carl BergDivision of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Department of Medicine, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina, USA.
Charles KimDepartment of Radiology, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-8687-1522
Mustafa BashirDepartment of Radiology, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-8800-5057
Manisha PaltaDepartment of Radiation Oncology, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-9085-9075
Michael A MorseDivision of Medical Oncology, Department of Medicine, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-5725-4533
Michael E LidskyDivision of Surgical Oncology, Department of Surgery, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-0500-2016

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is the sixth most common malignancy and the third leading cause of cancer-related death worldwide. Contemporary advances in systemic and locoregional therapies have led to changes in peer-reviewed guidelines regarding systemic therapy as well as the possibility of downstaging disease that may enable some patients with advanced disease to ultimately undergo partial hepatectomy or transplantation with curative intent. This review focuses on all modalities of therapy for HCC, guided by modern-day practice-changing randomized data where available. The surgical management of HCC, including resection and transplantation, both of which have evolving criteria for what is considered biologically resectable and transplantable, as well as locoregional therapy (i.e., therapeutic embolization, ablation, radiation, and hepatic arterial infusion), are discussed. Historical and modern-day practice-changing trials evaluating immunotherapy with targeted therapies for advanced disease, as well as adjuvant systemic therapy, are also summarized. In addition, this article examines the critical dimension of toxicities and patient-oriented considerations to ensure a comprehensive and balanced discourse on treatment implications.

Indexed as

Carcinoma, HepatocellularLiver NeoplasmsChemoembolization, TherapeuticCombined Modality TherapyEmbolization, TherapeuticHepatectomyHumansImmunotherapyLiver Transplantationablationexternal beam radiationhepatectomyimmunotherapyliver transplantationmultimodal therapypatient selectiontoxicitytransarterial therapiestyrosine kinase inhibitor

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PMID40392748
PMCPMC12593328

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