scholarly journals IGF-II Producing Hepatocellular Carcinoma Treated with Sorafenib: Metabolic Complications and a Foresight to Molecular Targeting Therapy to the IGF Signal

2012 ◽  
Vol 6 (3) ◽  
pp. 784-789 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kazuya Okushin ◽  
Yoshinari Asaoka ◽  
Izumi Fukuda ◽  
Naoto Fujiwara ◽  
Tatsuya Minami ◽  
...  
2017 ◽  
Vol 35 (6) ◽  
pp. 618-622 ◽  
Author(s):  
Naoshi Nishida ◽  
Masatoshi Kudo

With the development of molecular targeting therapy, several treatment options for advanced hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) have become available in cases where curative and other palliative treatments, such as radiofrequency ablation, surgical resection, and transarterial chemoembolization, are not applicable. However, with the detection of a variety of mutations in cancer-related genes in a single tumor, molecular heterogeneity is commonly observed in HCC. Therefore, mutations in the major cellular signaling pathways underlie the development of resistance to molecular targeting agents. On the contrary, immune checkpoint inhibitors have proven effective in patients who are refractory to conventional treatments and molecular targeting therapy. Several clinical trials are currently investigating the efficacy of immune checkpoint inhibitors both individually and in combination with other types of anticancer agents. In this review, we focus on the potential of immune checkpoint blockade in the treatment of human HCC.


Toukeibu Gan ◽  
2010 ◽  
Vol 36 (4) ◽  
pp. 442-446
Author(s):  
Ichiro Ota ◽  
Noritomo Okamoto ◽  
Katsunari Yane ◽  
Hiroshi Hosoi

2011 ◽  
Vol 11 (9) ◽  
pp. 1082-1097 ◽  
Author(s):  
RONG Biao-xue ◽  
CAI Xi-guang ◽  
YANG Shuan-ying ◽  
LI Wei ◽  
MING Zong-juan

2012 ◽  
Vol 52 (11) ◽  
pp. 1158-1158
Author(s):  
Tatsushi Toda ◽  
Mariko Taniguchi-Ikeda ◽  
Kazuhiro Kobayashi

2010 ◽  
Vol 1 (4) ◽  
pp. 697-701 ◽  
Author(s):  
TAKASHI SEO ◽  
RYUICHIRO KONDA ◽  
JUN SUGIMURA ◽  
KAZUHIRO IWASAKI ◽  
YUSUKE NAKAMURA ◽  
...  

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