Current and future treatments for hepatocellular carcinoma

World Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 21, Issue 28, 2015, Pages 8478-8491

  Schlachterman, Alexander ^a   Craft, Willie W ^b   Hilgenfeldt, Eric ^a   Mitra, Avir ^c   Cabrera, Roniel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Upper Valley Medical Center ^*  (United States)

^c DREXEL UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Adult; Hepatic neoplasm; Hepatocellular cancer; Hepatocellular carcinoma; Hepatoma; Liver cancer; Liver cell carcinoma; Liver neoplasm

Indexed keywords

BRIVANIB; CABOZANTINIB; CHLOROTRIANISENE; EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR RECEPTOR; ERLOTINIB; EVEROLIMUS; FORETINIB; JANUS KINASE; LAPATINIB; LENALIDOMIDE; LENVATINIB; LINIFANIB; MAMMALIAN TARGET OF RAPAMYCIN; MAPATUMUMAB; MICROSPHERE; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE KINASE; PHOSPHATIDYLINOSITOL 3 KINASE; RAMUCIRUMAB; RAS PROTEIN; REFAMETINIB; SCATTER FACTOR RECEPTOR; SELUMETINIB; SOMATOMEDIN B; SOMATOMEDIN C; SONIC HEDGEHOG PROTEIN; SORAFENIB; STAT PROTEIN; TIVANTINIB; WNT PROTEIN; YTTRIUM 90; TUMOR MARKER;

ABLATION THERAPY; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL EMBOLISM; CANCER THERAPY; COMPUTER ASSISTED RADIOTHERAPY; HUMAN; ION THERAPY; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; LIVER RESECTION; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; NONHUMAN; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PROTON THERAPY; RADIATION DOSE; RADIOEMBOLIZATION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; CANCER STAGING; CARCINOMA, HEPATOCELLULAR; EARLY CANCER DIAGNOSIS; GENETICS; LIVER NEOPLASMS; METABOLISM; MORTALITY; PATHOLOGY; PATIENT SELECTION; PREDICTIVE VALUE; RISK FACTOR; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

BIOMARKERS, TUMOR; CARCINOMA, HEPATOCELLULAR; EARLY DETECTION OF CANCER; HUMANS; LIVER NEOPLASMS; NEOPLASM STAGING; PALLIATIVE CARE; PATIENT SELECTION; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RISK FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84937942493     PISSN: 10079327     EISSN: 22192840     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3748/wjg.v21.i28.8478     Document Type: Article

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