Josep M. Llovet, MD, PhD, presented the results of the LEAP-012 trial during the Presidential Symposium I at the ESMO Congress 2024 (Abstract LBA3). In this brief summary, Dr. Llovet talks further about how management of hepatocellular carcinoma differs across stages.
Josep M. Llovet, MD, PhD, presented the results of the phase III LEAP-012 trial, which evaluated the addition of lenvatinib plus pembrolizumab to transarterial chemoembolization (TACE), during the Presidential Symposium I at the ESMO Congress 2024 (Abstract LBA3). For more insights into the...
Patients with unresectable hepatocellular carcinoma derived significant benefit from the addition of the monoclonal antibody durvalumab and the angiogenesis inhibitor bevacizumab to transarterial chemoembolization (TACE), which alone has been a standard of care for 20 years. Investigators of the...
PRIMARY LIVER CANCER is the second leading cause of cancer-related death worldwide. Hepatocellular carcinoma accounts for 90% of liver cancer, with around 800,000 new cases diagnosed globally each year.1 In contrast to the stable or declining trends observed for most neoplasms, the incidence and...
During the past 40 years, hundreds of randomized trials testing treatments for advanced hepatocellular carcinoma have been published.1 Conventional systemic chemotherapy and radiotherapy lack survival advantages for these patients.1,2 In 2007, a phase III trial demonstrated survival benefits for...