Journal of Liver Cancer

Jin-Young Park

2 Articles

A Case of Achieving Complete Remission with Combination of Sorafenib and Tegafur in Patients with Hepatocellular Carcinoma with Progression of Disease after Sorafenib Therapy: Sang Youn Hwang, Seon-Mi Lee, Jung Woo Im, Ki Jeong Jeon, Sang Bu Ahn, Jin-Young Park, Cheol-Won Choi, Kwang-Mo Yang; J Liver Cancer. 2017;17(1):88-93. Published online March 31, 2017; DOI: https://doi.org/10.17998/jlc.17.1.88

Abstract PDF: Sorafenib is the only approved targeted agent as the first line systemic therapy for treatment of advanced hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). However, the improvement of survival duration under 3 months is far from clinical satisfactory and most patients experience disease progression within 6 months after sorafenib therapy. Unfortunately, second line systemic therapy after treatment failure of sorafenib was not established and there were no clear guidelines for salvage treatment modalities. Recently, studies suggests that combination of sorafenib and single cytotoxic agent can be relatively effective and safe strategy that achieves promising rates of local and systemic control in advanced HCC patients. Based on above suggestions, we herein offer our experience of a case achieved complete remission by combination therapy of sorafenib and tegafur in the patient with progressed disease after sorafenib therapy.

A Case of Achieving Complete Remission with Stereotactic Body Radiation Therapy in Patients with Hepatocellular Carcinoma with Macrovascular Invasion after Repeated Transarerial Chemoembolization: Sang Youn Hwang, Seon-Mi Lee, Jong Woo Im, Ki Jeong Jeon, Sang Bu Ahn, Eun Kyeong Ji, Jin-Young Park, Cheol-Won Choi Choi, Gwang-Mo Yang; J Liver Cancer. 2016;16(2):123-128. Published online September 30, 2016; DOI: https://doi.org/10.17998/jlc.16.2.123

Abstract PDF: Transarterial chemoembolization (TACE) is the worldwide procedure performed for patients with various stage hepatoceullar carcinoma (HCC), but is not yet considered as curative treatment because of relatively high local recurrence rate. Moreover, many clinicians frequently experience treatment failure (incomplete necrosis or stage progression etc.) after repeated TACE, but no clear guidelines have been recommended about salvage treatment modalities for this situation. Recently, studies for combination of radiation therapy and TACE for HCC with TACE refractoriness have been tried and reported better therapeutic efficacy. Based on above suggestions, we herein offer our experience of a patient with macrovascular invasion developed after repeated TACE that achieve complete remission by stereotactic body radiation therapy. Further study, maybe regarding a combination of locoregional and systemic therapy, is necessary on how to manage HCC patients with TACE refractoriness.