title: A case of recurrent metastatic hepatocellular cancer controlled with immunotherapy and antiviral therapy following resection.
abstract: Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is the most frequent malignant tumour of the liver. The risk of HCC in chronically hepatitis B virus (HBV) infected individuals is approximately 100-fold higher than in the uninfected population. Despite all therapeutic advances, the benefit of systemic chemotherapy in patients with HCC has limited. But, the phase III clinical trial conducted in patients with advanced HCC treated with sorafenib has showed significant improvements in both overall and progression-free survival Metastasis from liver to extrahepatic tissues is reported to be quite uncommon and has a poor prognosis. Here we present a case of HCC which metastasized to the vertebrae, lung and kidney in order of appearance and controlled with immunotherapy and antiviral therapy following resection.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medical Oncology, Hacettepe University Institute of Oncology, Sihhiye, Ankara 06100, Turkey. skilickap@yahoo.com
authors.forename: Saadettin
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Kilickap
authors.forename: Ayse
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Kars
authors.forename: Erhan
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Hamaloglu
authors.forename: Halis
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Simsek
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000998:Antiviral Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D006528:Carcinoma, Hepatocellular / Q000556:secondary / Q000628:therapy* / Q000821:virology; D003131:Combined Modality Therapy; D004279:DNA, Viral / Q000235:genetics; D006498:Hepatectomy; D006509:Hepatitis B / Q000473:pathology / Q000628:therapy* / Q000821:virology; D006515:Hepatitis B virus / Q000302:isolation & purification; D006801:Humans; D007167:Immunotherapy; D016898:Interferon-alpha / Q000627:therapeutic use; D007680:Kidney Neoplasms / Q000556:secondary / Q000628:therapy / Q000821:virology; D008113:Liver Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology / Q000628:therapy* / Q000821:virology; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000556:secondary / Q000628:therapy / Q000821:virology; D008297:Male; D009364:Neoplasm Recurrence, Local / Q000473:pathology / Q000628:therapy* / Q000821:virology
chemical_list: D000998:Antiviral Agents; D004279:DNA, Viral; D016898:Interferon-alpha
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