Therapeutic efficacy of ramucirumab after lenvatinib for post-progression treatment of unresectable hepatocellular carcinoma
Author(s) -
Atsushi Hiraoka,
Takashi Kumada,
Toshifumi Tada,
Chikara Ogawa,
Joji Tani,
Shinya Fukunishi,
Masanori Atsukawa,
Masashi Hirooka,
Kunihiko Tsuji,
Toru Ishikawa,
Koichi Takaguchi,
Kazuya Kariyama,
Ei Itobayashi,
Kazuto Tajiri,
Noritomo Shimada,
Hiroshi Shibata,
Hironori Ochi,
Kazuhito Kawata,
Hidenori Toyoda,
Hideko Ohama,
Kazuhiro Nouso,
Akemi Tsutsui,
Takuya Nagano,
Norio Itokawa,
Korenobu Hayama,
Taeang Arai,
Michitaka Imai,
Yohei Koizumi,
Shinichiro Nakamura,
Kojiro Michitaka,
Yoichi Hiasa,
Masatoshi Kudo
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
gastroenterology report
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.934
H-Index - 26
eISSN - 2052-0034
pISSN - 2304-1412
DOI - 10.1093/gastro/goaa042
Subject(s) - ramucirumab , lenvatinib , medicine , hepatocellular carcinoma , gastroenterology , oncology , discontinuation , sorafenib , cancer
Lenvatinib is used for unresectable hepatocellular carcinoma (u-HCC) as first-line, as well as second- and third-line therapy in Japan. We evaluated the therapeutic efficacy of newly developed ramucirumab when given after lenvatinib for post-progression treatment.
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