Electronic Journal of Liver Tumor ›› 2023, Vol. 10 ›› Issue (3): 31-37.

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Progress of vascular intervention combined with targeted therapy and immunotherapy for hepatocellular carcinoma

Miao Jixuan, Jin Yong*   

  1. Department of Interventional Therapy,The Second Affiliated Hospital of Soochow University,Suzhou 215000,Jiangsu,China
  • Received:2023-04-19 Online:2023-09-30 Published:2023-10-25
  • Contact: *Jin Yong,E-mail:jinyong@suda.edu.cn

Abstract: Vascular interventional therapy represented by transcatheter arterial chemoembolization(TACE)and hepatic artery infusion chemotherapy is the main clinical treatment of unresectable hepatocellular carcinoma(HCC). Among them, TACE was used throughout the treatment of stage Ib to IIIb HCC. Targeted drugs such as multi-target tyrosine kinase inhibitors and angiogenesis inhibitors have played an important role in the treatment and adjuvant therapy of advanced liver cancer, and their clinical application has been quite mature. In recent years, immunotherapy led by immune checkpoint inhibitors has gradually become the latest hot spot in clinical research and application. Patients with high rates of HCC, most often found for the first time has been in the middle-late stage. For the treatment of such patients with HCC, existing vascular intervention targeted therapy and immunotherapy, a single treatment curative effect is not very desirable, this makes the combination therapy in treating HCC has become a new trend.

Key words: Hepatocellular carcinoma, Vascular intervention, Targeted therapy, Immunotherapy, Combination therapy