Oncology News

Casi Pharmaceuticals has received an orphan drug designation from the FDA for ENMD-2076 to treat hepatocellular carcinoma, according to a press release.

The neurocan rs2228603 polymorphism is associated with alcoholic liver disease and hepatocellular carcinoma, according to study results.

Patients with hepatocellular carcinoma had a larger number of regulatory T cells compared with controls, indicating an association between T-cell frequency and pathogenesis of cancer, according to study results.

Patients with advanced hepatocellular carcinoma who were intolerant to or experienced disease progression on sorafenib did not derive an OS benefit from everolimus, according to results of the phase 3 EVOLVE-1 trial.

The Hong Kong Liver Cancer scoring system was effective when recommending treatment for patients with hepatocellular carcinoma compared with the Barcelona Clinic Liver Cancer system, according to data from a recent study.

Patients with chronic hepatitis B virus who underwent nucleos(t)ide analog therapy had a lower risk for hepatocellular carcinoma compared with untreated patients, according to new research data.

Pre-transplant neutrophil-lymphocyte ratio and C-reactive protein levels were effective biomarkers when detecting overall survival and disease-free survival rates among patients who underwent living-donor liver transplantation for hepatocellular carcinoma, according to recent data.

Patients with cirrhosis who received branched-chain amino acid supplementation had a decreased risk for hepatocellular carcinoma and mortality, according to data from a recent study.

Radioembolization induced significantly less contralateral hypertrophy than portal vein embolization, but still may be a modality option for induction in patients with liver tumors, according to recent research data.

Results from the phase 3 REACH trial have found that ramucirumab did not meet its primary endpoint of OS when used as a second-line treatment for hepatocellular carcinoma, manufacturer Eli Lilly said in a press release.