In a ‘Real-World’, Clinic-Based Community Setting, Sorafenib Dose of 400 mg/day is as Effective as Standard Dose of 800 mg/day in Patients with Advanced Hepatocellular Carcimona, with Better Tolerance and Similar Survival
Author(s) -
Alexandra Shingina,
Al Moutaz Hashim,
Mazhar Haque,
Michael W.H. Suen,
Eric M. Yoshida,
Sharlene Gill,
Fergal Donnellan,
Alan Weiss
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
canadian journal of gastroenterology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1916-7237
pISSN - 0835-7900
DOI - 10.1155/2013/170546
Subject(s) - sorafenib , medicine , hepatocellular carcinoma , adverse effect , incidence (geometry) , retrospective cohort study , liver cancer , cancer , gastroenterology , physics , optics
Sorafenib, an oral multityrosine kinase inhibitor, has been approved for treatment of unresectable hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). British Columbia (BC) was the first province in Canada to provide drug coverage for sorafenib.
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