Kudo Masatoshi
Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Kinki University School of Medicine, Osaka, Japan.
Liver Cancer. 2012 Sep;1(2):62-70. doi: 10.1159/000342402.
Advanced hepatocellular carcinoma is defined as liver cancer with vascular invasion or extrahepatic metastasis that is untreatable by local therapy. In Japan, hepatic arterial infusion chemotherapy (HAIC) with interferon plus 5-fluorouracil (5-FU) or a combination of low-dose 5-FU and cisplatin, referred to as low-dose FP, is administered for treating advanced liver cancer and yields favorable outcomes. Outside Japan, the molecular targeted agent, sorafenib, is used as a first-line treatment for advanced liver cancer. New drug development for advanced liver cancer and clinical trials on combination therapy with sorafenib and HAIC are currently underway. The prognosis of advanced liver cancer will significantly improve if these clinical trials yield positive results.
晚期肝细胞癌被定义为伴有血管侵犯或肝外转移且无法通过局部治疗治愈的肝癌。在日本,采用干扰素联合5-氟尿嘧啶(5-FU)或低剂量5-FU与顺铂联合(即低剂量FP方案)的肝动脉灌注化疗(HAIC)用于治疗晚期肝癌,并取得了良好疗效。在日本以外地区,分子靶向药物索拉非尼被用作晚期肝癌的一线治疗药物。目前正在进行晚期肝癌的新药研发以及索拉非尼与HAIC联合治疗的临床试验。如果这些临床试验取得阳性结果,晚期肝癌的预后将得到显著改善。