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Are radiological endpoints surrogate outcomes of overall survival in hepatocellular carcinoma treated with transarterial chemoembolization?
2021
Background& Aims: Time to progression (TTP) and progression-free survival (PFS) are commonly used as surrogate endpoints in oncology trials. We aimed to assess the surrogacy relationship of TTP and PFS with overall survival (OS) in studies of transarterial chemoembolization (TACE) for unresectable hepatocellular carcinoma (u-HCC) by innovative methods. Methods: A search of databases for studies of TACE for u-HCC reporting both OS and TTP or PFS was performed. Individual patient data were extracted from TTP/PFS and OS Kaplan-Meier curves of TACE arms. Pooled median TTP and OS were obtained from random-effect model. The surrogate relationships of hazard ratios (HRs) and median TTP for OS …
Sorafenib for Hepatocellular Carcinoma: From Randomized Controlled Trials to Clinical Practice.
2015
Hepatocellular carcinoma is a challenging malignancy of global importance. It is the sixth most common solid malignancy and the third leading cause of cancer-related death, worldwide. Curative treatments at early stages include liver transplantation, resection and percutaneous ablation, while transarterial chemoembolization can improve survival in patients with intermediate tumor stage. Patients with mild, related symptoms and/or macrovascular invasion or extrahepatic spread are classified under the advanced stage. The standard of care in this group is sorafenib, an inhibitor of Raf kinase and vascular endothelial growth factor receptor, whose effectiveness has been proven by 2 recent rando…
Future perspectives in hepatocellular carcinoma.
2010
Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is one of the most common and lethal malignancies worldwide. Due to late diagnosis and advanced underlying liver cirrhosis, only limited treatment options with marginal clinical benefits have been available in up to 70% of patients. However, major progress has been achieved with regard to surveillance, early diagnosis, and multimodal treatment approaches during the last years leading to an improvement in prognosis. Particularly, the increasing knowledge of molecular hepatocarcinogenesis today provides the opportunity for targeted therapy. The multikinase inhibitor sorafenib has broadened the therapeutic horizon for patients with advanced disease and is current…
Transarteriālas ķīmijterapijas pielietošana aknu audzēju ārstēšanā
2016
Ievads: Transarteriāla ķīmijembolizācija ar medikamentus izdalošām mikrosfērām (DEB-TACE) ir audzēja apasiņojošo artēriju oklūzija digitālās subtrakcijas angiogrāfijas laikā, izmantojot mikrosfēras piesūcinātas ar ķīmijembolizācijas materiālu, kas pēc ievades pagarina saskares laiku starp audzēja šūnām un ķīmijterapijas medikamentiem. DEB-TACE tiek plaši pielietota hepatocelulārās karcinomas (HCC) paliatīvajā ārstēšanā, kad rezekcija vai ablācija nav iespējama. DEB-TACE tiek izmantota arī citu hipervaskulāru nerezicējamu aknu audzēju, piemēram, holangiokarcinomas, kolorektālu aknu metastāžu ārstēšanā. Optimāli kandidāti ārstēšanai ir Child-Pugh A un B klases pacienti ar lielu vai multifokāl…
Current Strategies to Identify Patients That Will Benefit from TACE Treatment and Future Directions a Practical Step-by-Step Guide
2021
Abstract Treatment of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) depends on the stage of disease. In the Western Hemisphere, the Barcelona Clinic Liver Cancer classification (BCLC) is the preferred staging system. Approximately one-third of patients initially present with intermediate-stage disease. For these patients, transarterial chemoembolization (TACE) is the treatment of choice. However, the intermediate-stage comprises a heterogeneous subgroup of patients with considerable differences in tumor burden and liver function. In addition, differences in individual factors that are not captured by the BCLC framework, such as the tumor growth pattern, degree of hypervascularity, and vascular supply, com…