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ReviewCurrent oncology (Toronto, Ont.)2025

Role of Immunotherapy in the Treatment of Hepatocellular Carcinoma.

Irina Y Dobrosotskaya, Rashmi Kumar, Timothy L Frankel

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Review in Current oncology (Toronto, Ont.), 2025. 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

Who cites it

2 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors.

Irina Y DobrosotskayaSection of Medical Oncology, Department of Medicine, Ann Arbor Veterans Healthcare System, Ann Arbor, MI 48105, USA.
Rashmi KumarRogel Cancer Center, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, USA.
Timothy L FrankelRogel Cancer Center, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, USA.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Hepatocellular carcinoma is the most common primary liver tumor and is strongly related to underlying liver cirrhosis. Common etiologies include viral hepatitis, elevated alcohol consumption and metabolic diseases, all of which result in liver inflammation and scarring. Previously, systemic therapies for locally advanced or metastatic disease were limited to tyrosine kinase inhibitors with poor efficacy and rare cures. Recent advances have harnessed the power of the immune system to combat disease, resulting in improved outcomes and occasional cures. Here, we describe the recent clinical trials in immunotherapies for the treatment of hepatocellular carcinoma as first- and second-line therapies and in combination with other drug classes.

Indexed as

Carcinoma, HepatocellularImmunotherapyLiver NeoplasmsHumanshepatocellular carcinomaimmunotherapytyrosine kinase inhibitor

Identifiers

PMID40422523
PMCPMC12109946

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