Resistance to Molecular Therapies for Hepatocellular Carcinoma

Download or read book Resistance to Molecular Therapies for Hepatocellular Carcinoma written by Augusto Villanueva and published by Springer. This book was released on 2017-07-14 with total page 153 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume evaluates the clinical patterns of resistance to sorafenib, the impact of trial design in the second-line setting and the current gold standard to define radiological resistance; describes the molecular mechanisms responsible for treatment resistance in HCC patients, including components of the immune system and tumor microenvironment; determines the role of the cancer stem cell phenotype in resistance; reviews the experimental models to study resistance; and addresses new approaches to overcome resistance to sorafenib, using successful examples from other malignancies.