A multidisciplinary approach with immunotherapies for advanced hepatocellular carcinoma

Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is a highly aggressive disease that is usually diagnosed at an advanced stage. Advanced HCC has limited treatment options and often has a poor prognosis. For the past decade, tyrosine kinase inhibitors have been the only treatments approved for advanced HCC that have shown overall survival (OS) benefits; however, but their clinical efficacy has been limited. Recent trials have demonstrated promising advancements in survival outcomes through immunotherapy-based treatments, such as combinations of immune checkpoint inhibitors (ICIs) with other ICIs, antiangiogenic drugs, and locoregional therapies. The atezolizumab-bevacizumab and durvalumab-tremelimumab (STRIDE) regimen has significantly improved survival rates as a first-line treatment and has become the new standard of care. Therefore, combined treatments for advanced HCC can result in better treatment outcomes owing to their synergistic effects, which requires a multidisciplinary approach. Ongoing studies are examining other therapeutic innovations that can improve disease control and OS rates. Despite improvements in the treatment of advanced HCC, further studies on the optimal treatment selection and sequences, biomarker identification, combination approaches with other therapies, and development of novel immunotherapy agents are required. This review presents the current treatment options and clinical data of the ICI-based combination immunotherapies for advanced HCC from a multidisciplinary perspective.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2023

Erschienen:

2023

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:23

Enthalten in:

Journal of liver cancer - 23(2023), 2 vom: 21. Sept., Seite 316-329

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Lee, Yu Rim [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Carcinoma, hepatocellular
Combined modality therapy
Immune checkpoint inhibitors
Journal Article
Locoregional therapy
Systemic treatment

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Date Revised 18.10.2023

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status PubMed-not-MEDLINE

doi:

10.17998/jlc.2023.09.04

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM362395209