ReviewCurrent oncology (Toronto, Ont.)2022
Drug Treatment for Advanced Hepatocellular Carcinoma: First-Line and Beyond.
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36 citing papers in PubMed, 52 citations in OpenAlex.
- Mitochondria-mediated anticancer effects of two previously characterized COX-2 inhibitors in hepatocellular carcinoma.Molecular and cellular biochemistry · 2026Article
- 3D HepG2 spheroid model exhibits drug-specific response profiles validating their application in therapeutic screening.In vitro cellular & developmental biology. Animal · 2026Article
- Design, Synthesis, and Biological Evaluation of Selective CDK4/9 Inhibitors.ACS medicinal chemistry letters · 2026Article
- Systematic evaluation and meta-analysis of the diagnostic accuracy of ultrasound contrast in predicting the efficacy of systemic therapy for advanced hepatocellular carcinoma.Translational cancer research · 2026Article
- Mechanisms of lactylation modification in hepatocellular carcinoma treatment resistance.Gastroenterology report · 2026Review
- PINK1 dysfunction in hepatocellular carcinoma fosters immune evasion and disease progression by promoting neutrophil infiltration.Journal for immunotherapy of cancer · 2025Article
- Qualitative research to understand the patient experience with advanced and/or metastatic hepatocellular carcinoma.Hepatic oncology · 2025Article
- m6A regulators-based gene expression pattern is associated with immune microenvironment characteristics in hepatocellular carcinoma.Scientific reports · 2025Article
- Relative treatment effects of first-line chemotherapy and immunotherapy for hepatocellular carcinoma: A systematic review and meta-analysis.Cancer pathogenesis and therapy · 2025Review
- Transcriptomic profiling of autophagy and apoptosis pathways in liver cancer cells treated with a new tyrosine kinase inhibitor PD161570.Molecular medicine reports · 2025Article
- Functional Role of NOXA in Hypoxia-Mediated PD-L1 Inhibitor Response in Hepatocellular Carcinoma.International journal of molecular sciences · 2025Article
- Preparation and Evaluation of Hepatoma-Targeting Glycyrrhetinic Acid Composite Micelles Loaded with Curcumin.Pharmaceuticals (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- A novel vasculogenic mimicry-related nomogram predicts prognosis in hepatocellular carcinoma.Frontiers in genetics · 2025Article
- Effect of regorafenib combined with immunotherapy and arterial chemoembolization on the survival of patients with advanced hepatocellular carcinoma: a retrospective study.American journal of translational research · 2025Article
- Disruption of TGF-β signaling pathway is required to mediate effective killing of hepatocellular carcinoma by human iPSC-derived NK cells.Cell stem cell · 2024Article
- Stabilization of TGF-β Receptor 1 by a Receptor-Associated Adaptor Dictates Feedback Activation of the TGF-β Signaling Pathway to Maintain Liver Cancer Stemness and Drug Resistance.Advanced science (Weinheim, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany) · 2024Article
- Ropivacaine synergizes with sorafenib to induce apoptosis of hepatocellular carcinoma cells via the IL-6/STAT3 pathway.Cancer science · 2024Article
- Small molecule tyrosine kinase inhibitors approved for systemic therapy of advanced hepatocellular carcinoma: recent advances and future perspectives.Discover oncology · 2024Review
- 2-(4-Nitrophenyl)isothiazol-3(2H)-one: A Promising Selective Agent against Hepatocellular Carcinoma Cells.Pharmaceuticals (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Article
- Yttrium-90 Radioembolization Dosimetry: Dose Considerations, Optimization, and Tips.Seminars in interventional radiology · 2024Review
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Abstract
Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) has high mortality. The option of systemic therapy has increased significantly over the past five years. Sorafenib was the first multikinase inhibitor, introduced in 2007, as a treatment option for HCC, and it was the only effective systemic treatment for more than ten years. It was not until 2017 that several breakthroughs were made in the development of systemic strategies. Lenvatinib, another multikinase inhibitor, stood out successfully after sorafenib, and has been applied to clinical use in the first-line setting. Other multikinase inhibitors such as regorafenib, ramucirumab and cabozantinib, were approved in quick succession as second-line therapies. Concurrently, immune checkpoint inhibitors (ICIs) have readily become established treatments for many solid tumors, including HCC. The most studied ICIs to date, target programmed cell death-1 (PD-1), its ligand PD-L1, and cytotoxic T-lymphocyte-associated protein 4 (CTLA-4). These ICIs have demonstrated efficacy in treating advanced HCC. More recently, combination of bevacizumab and atezolizumab (ICI targeting PD-L1) was approved as the gold-standard first-line therapy. Combination of ICIs with nivolumab and ipilimumab was also approved in the second-line setting for those who failed sorafenib. At the moment, numerous clinical trials in advanced HCC are underway, which will bring continuous change to the management, and increase the survival, for patients with advanced HCC. Our review article: (1) summarizes United States Food and Drug Administration (US FDA) approved systemic therapies in advanced HCC, (2) reports the evidence of currently approved treatments, (3) discusses potential drugs/drug combinations being currently tested in phase III clinical trials, and (4) proposes possible future directions in drug development for advanced HCC.
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