• The oncologist · Dec 2007

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    Hepatocellular carcinoma: the role of the North American GI Steering Committee Hepatobiliary Task Force and the advent of effective drug therapy.

    • Bert H O'Neil and Alan P Venook.
    • University of North Carolina Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center, Chapel Hill, NC 27599, USA. bert_oneil@med.unc.edu
    • Oncologist. 2007 Dec 1;12(12):1425-32.

    AbstractHepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is a disease that requires multidisciplinary management. There has been no widely accepted standard for systemic therapy for this disease until recently. This article briefly discusses the management of earlier stage HCC, then focuses on newer agents with promise, particularly sorafenib, a drug that appears to be the new standard of care for advanced disease.

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