Oncolytic Virus-Based Immunotherapies for Hepatocellular Carcinoma

Hepatocellular carcinoma is highly refractory cancer which is resistant to conventional chemotherapy and radiotherapy, carrying a dismal prognosis. Although many anticancer drugs have been developed for treating HCC, sorafenib is the only effective treatment, but it only prolongs survival duration f...

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Main Authors: So Young Yoo (Author), Narayanasamy Badrinath (Author), Hyun Young Woo (Author), Jeong Heo (Author)
Format: Book
Published: Hindawi Limited, 2017-01-01T00:00:00Z.
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Summary:Hepatocellular carcinoma is highly refractory cancer which is resistant to conventional chemotherapy and radiotherapy, carrying a dismal prognosis. Although many anticancer drugs have been developed for treating HCC, sorafenib is the only effective treatment, but it only prolongs survival duration for about 3 months. Recently, oncolytic virotherapy has shown promising results in treating HCCs and the effects can be more enhanced by adopting immune modulatory molecules. This review discusses the current status of treating HCC and the effective strategy of oncolytic virus-based immunotherapy for the treatment of HCCs.
Item Description:0962-9351
1466-1861
10.1155/2017/5198798