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SUBMITTER: Reghupaty SC
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6770843 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Aug
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Reghupaty Saranya Chidambaranathan SC Sarkar Devanand D
Cancers 20190828 9
Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is the fifth most common cancer and the second leading cause of cancer related deaths world-wide. Liver transplantation, surgical resection, trans-arterial chemoembolization, and radio frequency ablation are effective strategies to treat early stage HCC. Unfortunately, HCC is usually diagnosed at an advanced stage and there are not many treatment options for late stage HCC. First-line therapy for late stage HCC includes sorafenib and lenvatinib. However, these trea ...[more]