scholarly journals Conditional survival estimate in patients with Barcelona Clinic Liver Cancer stage B/C hepatocellular carcinoma treated with hepatic arterial infusion chemotherapy with/without concurrent radiotherapy

Oncotarget ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 8 (45) ◽  
pp. 79914-79926 ◽  
Author(s):  
In Rae Cho ◽  
Hye Won Lee ◽  
Ki Jun Song ◽  
Beom Kyung Kim ◽  
Seung Up Kim ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Hepatocellular Carcinoma ◽  
Liver Cancer ◽  
Hepatic Arterial Infusion ◽  
Cancer Stage ◽  
Conditional Survival ◽  
Arterial Infusion ◽  
Survival Estimate ◽  
Arterial Infusion Chemotherapy ◽  
Infusion Chemotherapy ◽  
Concurrent Radiotherapy

scholarly journals Clinical Benefits of Hepatic Arterial Infusion Chemotherapy for Advanced Hepatocellular Carcinoma

2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (4) ◽  
pp. 1882
Author(s):  
Takahiro Yamasaki ◽  
Issei Saeki ◽  
Yurika Kotoh-Yamauchi ◽  
Ryo Sasaki ◽  
Norikazu Tanabe ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Hepatocellular Carcinoma ◽  
Vascular Invasion ◽  
Hepatic Arterial Infusion ◽  
Hepatic Arterial Infusion Chemotherapy ◽  
Advanced Hepatocellular Carcinoma ◽  
Arterial Infusion ◽  
Arterial Infusion Chemotherapy ◽  
Infusion Chemotherapy ◽  
Recent Success ◽  
Clinical Benefits

Recent success of systemic therapeutic agents, including combination immunotherapy, could promote a change in the treatment strategy in patients with advanced hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). Although hepatic arterial infusion chemotherapy (HAIC) is a treatment option for advanced HCC in Japan, it is not recommended by other guidelines. We discuss the clinical benefits of HAIC compared to sorafenib. The clinical benefits of HAIC are as follows: (1) even a patient with Child–Pugh B HCC (7 or 8 points) is a candidate for HAIC (2) Child–Pugh scores barely decline with the use of HAIC compared with sorafenib (3) HAIC is highly effective in patients with vascular invasion compared with sorafenib; and (4) survival in patients receiving HAIC may not be associated with skeletal muscle volume. In contrast, the disadvantages are problems related with the reservoir system. HAIC has clinical benefits in a subpopulation of patients without extrahepatic metastasis with Child–Pugh A HCC and vascular invasion (especially primary branch invasion or main portal vein invasion) or with Child–Pugh B HCC.

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