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Liver Cancer treatment details. Biologic therapy.

Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York, N.Y., United States.

Survival: monthsCountry:United States
Toxiciy Grade:3City/State/Province:New York, N.Y.
Treatments:Biologic therapyHospital:Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center
Drugs:Journal:Link
Date:Sep 2006

Description:

Patients: This phase II study involved 137 patients with inoperable liver cancer that had not received a systemic treatment. The median age was 69 years, and 71% were men. Sixty-five had hepatitis B or C.

Treatment: All patients received the drug Sorafenib, which inhibits multiple kinases.

Toxicity: The most common toxicities (of all grades) were fatigue, diarrhea, and hand-foot skin reaction. These were grade 3 adverse events in 13, 11, and 7 patients, respectively.

Results: The median overall survival was 9.2 months.

Support: Four of the authors are employed by Bayer Healthcare Pharmaceuticals, and two received research funds from Bayer. Bayer developed Sorafenib.

Correspondence: Ghassan K. Abou-Alfa, M.D.





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