Role of modern radiotherapy in managing patients with hepatocellular carcinoma
Liang‐Cheng Chen, Hon‐Yi Lin, Shih‐Kai Hung, Wen‐Yen Chiou, Moon‐Sing Lee
Abstract
, stereotactic body radiotherapy and advanced proton-beam therapy) enables precise delivery of radiation to increase tumor control and reduce side effects in the surrounding normal tissue. Second, the boom in developing target therapies and checkpoint-blockade immunotherapy prolongs overall survival in HCC patients, re-emphasizing the importance of local tumor control. Remarkably, RT combines with systemic therapies to generate the systemic therapy augmented by radiotherapy effect, a benefit now being actively investigated.
Topics & Concepts
MedicineHepatocellular carcinomaRadiation therapyModalitiesOncologySystemic therapyInternal medicineImmunotherapyCancerSociologyBreast cancerSocial scienceHepatocellular Carcinoma Treatment and PrognosisHepatitis B Virus StudiesLung Cancer Research Studies