Systemic therapy for hepatocellular carcinoma: cytotoxic chemotherapy, targeted therapy and immunotherapy

Ann Surg Oncol. 2008 Apr;15(4):1008-14. doi: 10.1245/s10434-007-9705-0. Epub 2008 Jan 31.

Abstract

Conventional cytotoxic chemotherapy has not provided clinical benefit or prolonged survival for patients with advanced HCC. This review summarizes the results of prospective clinical trials of several categories of systemic therapy, with emphasis on the more promising results from recent trials of biologically targeted therapeutic agents in HCC.

Publication types

  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Antineoplastic Agents / therapeutic use*
  • Carcinoma, Hepatocellular / genetics
  • Carcinoma, Hepatocellular / therapy*
  • Clinical Trials as Topic
  • Drug Delivery Systems
  • Enzyme Inhibitors / therapeutic use
  • Epigenesis, Genetic / drug effects
  • Growth Inhibitors / therapeutic use
  • Humans
  • Immunotherapy
  • Liver Neoplasms / genetics
  • Liver Neoplasms / therapy*
  • Mechanistic Target of Rapamycin Complex 1
  • Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinases / antagonists & inhibitors
  • Multiprotein Complexes
  • Oncogene Protein v-akt / antagonists & inhibitors
  • Phosphoinositide-3 Kinase Inhibitors
  • Proteins
  • TOR Serine-Threonine Kinases
  • Transcription Factors / antagonists & inhibitors

Substances

  • Antineoplastic Agents
  • Enzyme Inhibitors
  • Growth Inhibitors
  • Multiprotein Complexes
  • Phosphoinositide-3 Kinase Inhibitors
  • Proteins
  • Transcription Factors
  • Mechanistic Target of Rapamycin Complex 1
  • Oncogene Protein v-akt
  • TOR Serine-Threonine Kinases
  • Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinases