Atezolizumab and bevacizumab as first line therapy in advanced hepatocellular carcinoma: Practical considerations in routine clinical practice

Autor: Shivakumar Chitturi, Desmond Yip, Geoffrey David Peters, Ankit Jain
Rok vydání: 2021
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Zdroj: World Journal of Hepatology
ISSN: 1948-5182
DOI: 10.4254/wjh.v13.i9.1132
Popis: Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is the most common primary liver cancer. For advanced HCC, sorafenib was considered the standard of care for more than ten years. Recently the atezolizumab and bevacizumab combination has become standard of care for these patients without contraindications to either immune checkpoint inhibitors or antiangiogenic therapy. We now review the practical aspects of the atezolizumab and bevacizumab combination, including current evidence, indications, contraindications, management of adverse events, sequencing of this combination, areas of current knowledge gaps and future areas of active clinical research of this combination for busy clinicians in clinical practice.
Databáze: OpenAIRE