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Targeted Therapies for Hepatocellular Carcinoma

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Identification of oncogenes that mediate tumor progression, and trials that monitor their products as biomarkers, might lead to personalized therapy; reagents that interfere with signaling pathways required for HCC progression might be used to treat selected populations, and thereby maximize the efficacy and cost benefit.
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This article is published in Gastroenterology.The article was published on 2011-05-01 and is currently open access. It has received 402 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Sorafenib & Targeted therapy.

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EASL-EORTC clinical practice guidelines : management of hepatocellular carcinoma

TL;DR: The following Clinical Practice Guidelines will give up-to-date advice for the clinical management of patients with hepatocellular carcinoma, as well as providing an in-depth review of all the relevant data leading to the conclusions herein.

EASL-EORTC Clinical Practice Guidelines: Management of hepatocellular carcinoma European Association for the Study of the Liver ⇑ , European Organisation for Research and Treatment of Cancer

TL;DR: The purpose of this document is to assist physicians, patients, health-care providers, and health-policy makers from Europe and worldwide in the decision-making process according to evidencebased data.
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Pathogenic mechanisms in HBV- and HCV-associated hepatocellular carcinoma

TL;DR: In this paper, a review outlines pathogenic mechanisms that seem to be common to both hepatitis B virus and hepatitis C virus and suggest innovative approaches to the prevention and treatment of HCC.
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Mechanisms of HBV-induced hepatocellular carcinoma

TL;DR: HBV-related HCCs may arise on non-cirrhotic livers, further supporting the notion that HBV plays a direct role in liver transformation by triggering both common and etiology specific oncogenic pathways in addition to stimulating the host immune response and driving liver chronic necro-inflammation.
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EGFR Mutation and Resistance of Non–Small-Cell Lung Cancer to Gefitinib

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors reported the case of a patient with EGFR-mutant, gefitinib-responsive, advanced non-small-cell lung cancer who had a relapse after two years of complete remission.
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Can the pharmaceutical industry reduce attrition rates

TL;DR: The pharmaceutical industry faces considerable challenges, both politically and fiscally, and the fiscal pressures that face the industry from the perspective of R&D are dealt with.
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