The Oncologist, Vol. 12, No. 12, 1425-1432, December 2007; doi:10.1634/theoncologist.12-12-1425 © 2007 AlphaMed Press
Hepatocellular Carcinoma: The Role of the North American GI Steering Committee Hepatobiliary Task Force and the Advent of Effective Drug TherapyaUniversity of North Carolina Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, USA; bUniversity of California at San Francisco Comprehensive Cancer Center, San Francisco, California, USA Key Words. Hepatocellular carcinoma • Liver neoplasms • Chemoembolization • Drug therapy • Doxorubicin • Sorafenib • Bevacizumab • Erlotinib Correspondence: Bert H. O'Neil, M.D., University of North Carolina Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center, 101 Manning Drive, 3009 Old Clinic Building, Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27599, USA. Telephone: 919-966-4431; Fax: 919-966-6735; e-mail: bert_oneil{at}med.unc.edu Disclosure: B.H.O'N. has acted as a consultant to Bayer. No other potential conflicts of interest were reported by the authors, planners, reviewers, or staff managers of this article.
Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is a disease that requires multidisciplinary management. There has been no widely accepted standard for systemic therapy for this disease until recently. This article briefly discusses the management of earlier stage HCC, then focuses on newer agents with promise, particularly sorafenib, a drug that appears to be the new standard of care for advanced disease.
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