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Case Report Favorable response of hepatocellular carcinoma with portal vein tumor thrombosis after radiotherapy combined with atezolizumab plus bevacizumab
Yong Tae Kimorcid , Jina Kimorcid , Jinsil Seongorcid

DOI: https://doi.org/10.17998/jlc.2023.02.27 [Epub ahead of print]
Published online: March 16, 2023
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Department of Radiation Oncology, Yonsei Cancer Center, Heavy Ion Therapy Research Institute, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea
Corresponding author:  Jinsil Seong, Tel: +82-2-2228-8111, Fax: +82-2-2227-7823, 
Email: JSSEONG@yuhs.ac
Received: 11 January 2023   • Revised: 16 February 2023   • Accepted: 27 February 2023

Recently, the superiority of atezolizumab plus bevacizumab (AteBeva) over sorafenib was proven in the IMbrave150 trial, and AteBeva became the first-line systemic treatment for untreated, unresectable hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). While the results are encouraging, more than half of patients with advanced HCC are still being treated in a palliative setting. Radiotherapy (RT) is known to induce immunogenic effects that may enhance the therapeutic efficacy of immune checkpoint inhibitors. Herein, we report the case of a patient with advanced HCC with massive portal vein tumor thrombosis treated with a combination of RT and AteBeva, who showed near complete response in tumor thrombosis and favorable response to HCC. Although this is a rare case, it shows the importance of reducing the tumor burden via RT to combination immunotherapy in patients with advanced HCC.


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