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What, if any, role does systemic therapy have in the treatment of HCC amenable to definitive locoregional therapy?

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Medical Oncology · University of Wisconsin

For ablation, TACE and Y90, I traditionally hold back on systemic therapy so that I have something I can use if they develop metastases. Also, sorafenib has been not shown to be effective in the adjuvant setting so I apply that principle here. Bruix et al., PMID 26361969

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