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ReviewCancers2022

Targeted Therapy for Hepatocellular Carcinoma: Old and New Opportunities.

Carmelo Laface, Palma Fedele, Felicia Maria Maselli, Francesca Ambrogio, Caterina Foti, Pasquale Molinari, Michele Ammendola, Marco Lioce, Girolamo Ranieri

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In one paragraph

Review in Cancers, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 41 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
41citing papers in PubMed
9.4field-weighted citation impact, top 1% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

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

41 citing papers in PubMed, 69 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

9 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Carmelo LafaceMedical Oncology, Dario Camberlingo Hospital, 72021 Francavilla Fontana, BR, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-5074-4951
Palma FedeleMedical Oncology, Dario Camberlingo Hospital, 72021 Francavilla Fontana, BR, Italy.
Felicia Maria MaselliMedical Oncology, Dario Camberlingo Hospital, 72021 Francavilla Fontana, BR, Italy.
Francesca AmbrogioSection of Dermatology, Department of Biomedical Science and Human Oncology, University of Bari, 70124 Bari, Italy.
Caterina FotiSection of Dermatology, Department of Biomedical Science and Human Oncology, University of Bari, 70124 Bari, Italy.
Pasquale MolinariIRCCS Istituto Tumori "Giovanni Paolo II", 70124 Bari, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-6335-7993
Michele AmmendolaDepartment of Health Science, General Surgery, Medicine School of Germaneto, Magna Graecia University, 88100 Catanzaro, Italy.ORCID 0000-0001-8043-6100
Marco LioceIRCCS Istituto Tumori "Giovanni Paolo II", 70124 Bari, Italy.
Girolamo RanieriIRCCS Istituto Tumori "Giovanni Paolo II", 70124 Bari, Italy.
Istituto Tumori Bari · ITUniversity of Bari Aldo Moro · ITMagna Graecia University · IT

Funding

Istituti di Ricovero e Cura a Carattere Scientifico IT00727270720
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is the most frequent primitive cancer of the liver, accounting for 90% of all recorded cases. HCC is the third most common cause of cancer-related death, with a 5-year survival rate of just 3%. In the advanced stages, systemic treatments allow doctors to obtain clinical benefits, although the prognosis remains very poor. In the past few decades, new molecular targeted therapies against receptor tyrosine kinases have been developed and clinically evaluated. Sorafenib was the first oral tyrosine kinase inhibitor (TKI) approved for the treatment of advanced HCC in 2007. Subsequently, other TKIs, including Cabozantinib, Regorafenib, Lenvatinib, and vascular endothelial growth factor receptor (VEGFR) inhibitors such as Ramucirumab and VEGF inhibitors such as Bevacizumab have been approved as first- or second-line treatments. More recently, the combination of immune checkpoint inhibitors and VEGF inhibitors (Atezolizumab plus Bevacizumab) have been analyzed and approved for the treatment of advanced HCC. On the basis of the poor prognoses and the meager benefits deriving from the available systemic therapies, research into new treatments is extremely necessary. In this review, we focus on the available systemic therapies for advanced HCC, with a look toward the future.

Indexed as

cancer therapyhepatocellular carcinomaimmune checkpoint inhibitorsimmunotherapytargeted therapytyrosine kinase inhibitors

Identifiers

PMID36011021
PMCPMC9406380
OpenAlexW4292546856

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