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ReviewOncology research2025

Oncolytic virus therapy in hepatocellular carcinoma.

Yuyu Ye, Ying Liu

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Review in Oncology research, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

3 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors.

Yuyu YeDepartment of Infectious Diseases, The Third Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, 510630, China.
Ying LiuDepartment of Infectious Diseases, The Third Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, 510630, China.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Liver cancer is the fifth most common cancer in the world, with China bearing a disproportionate burden of cases. Typically diagnosed at advanced stages, liver cancer often utilizes surgical treatments such as resection, transcatheter hepatic artery chemoembolization (TACE), and radiofrequency ablation. However, advancements in genetic engineering and tumor immunology have unveiled the distinct potential of targeted oncolytic virus therapy. Oncolytic virus, in particular, can selectively destroy tumor cells without harming normal cells, offering a promising avenue for liver cancer treatment through immune system activation, tumor microenvironment modulation, and other mechanisms. This review describes the mechanism of action of oncolytic viruses, the new development of several common oncolytic viruses, and the combination with traditional therapies, aiming to provide directions for the subsequent therapeutic research on hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC).

Indexed as

Carcinoma, HepatocellularLiver NeoplasmsOncolytic VirotherapyOncolytic VirusesAnimalsCombined Modality TherapyHumansTumor MicroenvironmentHepatocellular CarcinomaOncolytic VirotherapyOncolytic Virus

Identifiers

PMID40612869
PMCPMC12215577

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