Neoadjuvant therapies in resectable hepatocellular carcinoma : Exploring strategies to improve prognosis

Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC), a challenging malignancy, often necessitates surgical intervention, notably liver resection. However, the high recurrence rate, reaching 70% within 5 years post-resection, significantly impacts patient outcomes. Neoadjuvant therapies aim to preoperatively address this challenge, reducing lesion size, improving surgical resection rates, deactivating potential micro-metastases, and ultimately lowering postoperative recurrence rates. This review concentrates on advances in research on and clinical use of neoadjuvant therapies for HCC, with particular attention to the use of immune checkpoint inhibitors (ICIs) targeting programmed cell death-1 (PD-1), programmed cell death ligand-1 (PD-L1), and cytotoxic T-lymphocyte-associated protein-4 (CTLA-4). Ongoing clinical studies exploring immunotherapy combined with a tyrosine kinase inhibitor (TKI), interventional therapy, radiotherapy, and other modalities offer promising insights into overcoming resistance to monotherapies. In summary, neoadjuvant therapies hold significant promise in terms of improving the prognosis for patients with HCC and enhancing long-term survival, particularly through innovative combination strategies.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2024

Erschienen:

2024

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:18

Enthalten in:

Bioscience trends - 18(2024), 1 vom: 19. März, Seite 21-41

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Ma, Ya-Nan [VerfasserIn]
Jiang, Xuemei [VerfasserIn]
Song, Peipei [VerfasserIn]
Tang, Wei [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Clinical trials
Endpoint
Immunotherapy
Journal Article
Recurrence
Response
Review
Targeted therapy

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Date Completed 22.03.2024

Date Revised 22.03.2024

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.5582/bst.2023.01436

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM368729435