title: Prognostic significance of adverse events in patients with hepatocellular carcinoma treated with sorafenib.
abstract: Sorafenib is the standard treatment for patients with hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) with advanced stage disease. Although its effectiveness has been demonstrated by randomized clinical trials and confirmed by field practice studies, reliable markers predicting therapeutic response have not yet been identified. Like other tyrosine kinase inhibitors, treatment with sorafenib is burdened by the development of adverse effects, the most frequent being cutaneous toxicity, diarrhoea, arterial hypertension and fatigue. In recent years, several studies have analysed the correlation between off-target effects and sorafenib efficacy in patients with HCC. In this review, an overview of the studies assessing the prognostic significance of sorafenib-related adverse events is provided.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences, University of Bologna, S. Orsola-Malpighi Hospital, Via Albertoni 15, 40138, Bologna, Italy.
authors.forename: Alessandro
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Granito
authors.affiliation: Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences, University of Bologna, S. Orsola-Malpighi Hospital, Bologna, Italy.
authors.forename: Sara
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Marinelli
authors.affiliation: Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences, University of Bologna, S. Orsola-Malpighi Hospital, Bologna, Italy.
authors.forename: Giulia
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Negrini
authors.affiliation: Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences, University of Bologna, S. Orsola-Malpighi Hospital, Bologna, Italy.
authors.forename: Saverio
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Menetti
authors.affiliation: Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences, University of Bologna, S. Orsola-Malpighi Hospital, Bologna, Italy.
authors.forename: Francesca
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Benevento
authors.affiliation: Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences, University of Bologna, S. Orsola-Malpighi Hospital, Bologna, Italy.
authors.forename: Luigi
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Bolondi
keywords: adverse events; hepatocellular carcinoma; prognostic significance; sorafenib; survival