Personalized Clinical Trials in Hepatocellular Carcinoma Based on Biomarker Selection

Liver Cancer

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2016, Pages 221-232

  Zhang, Bingnan ^a   Finn, Richard S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Biomarkers; HCC; Liver cancer; Molecular therapy; Tivantinib

Indexed keywords

ALPHA FETOPROTEIN; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; BRIVANIB; CABOZANTINIB; CAPMATINIB; CRIZOTINIB; DACARBAZINE; ERDAFITINIB; ERLOTINIB; FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR 19; FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR RECEPTOR; FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR RECEPTOR 4; GALUNISERTIB; GEFITINIB; GLYPICAN 3; LINIFANIB; MOLECULAR MARKER; MSC 2156119; PROTEIN P53; RAMUCIRUMAB; SELUMETINIB; SORAFENIB; SUNITINIB; TIVANTINIB; TRASTUZUMAB; TRASTUZUMAB EMTANSINE; TUMOR MARKER; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VEMURAFENIB;

APOPTOSIS; BREAST CANCER; CANCER PROGNOSIS; CANCER THERAPY; CARCINOGENESIS; CHROMATIN ASSEMBLY AND DISASSEMBLY; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; LUNG CANCER; MELANOMA; MOLECULARLY TARGETED THERAPY; OVERALL SURVIVAL; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PATIENT SELECTION; PHASE 1 CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); PHASE 2 CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); PHASE 3 CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGRESSION FREE SURVIVAL; QUALITY CONTROL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); REVIEW; STUDY DESIGN; SYSTEMIC THERAPY;

EID: 85009802071     PISSN: 22351795     EISSN: 16645553     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000367763     Document Type: Review

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