2024
Effect of Incomplete Cryoablation and Matrix Metalloproteinase Inhibition on Intratumoral CD8+ T-Cell Infiltration in Murine Hepatocellular Carcinoma.
Shewarega A, Santana J, Nam D, Berz A, Tefera J, Kahl V, Mishra S, Coman D, Duncan J, Roberts S, Wetter A, Madoff D, Chapiro J. Effect of Incomplete Cryoablation and Matrix Metalloproteinase Inhibition on Intratumoral CD8+ T-Cell Infiltration in Murine Hepatocellular Carcinoma. Radiology 2024, 310: e232365. PMID: 38349244, PMCID: PMC10902598, DOI: 10.1148/radiol.232365.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsT cell infiltrationCD8<sup>+</sup> T cellsMatrix metalloproteinase inhibitionT cellsHepatocellular carcinomaMatrix metalloproteinase inhibitorsMatrix metalloproteinasesResidual tumorCXCR3<sup>+</sup> CD8<sup>+</sup> T cellsCytotoxic CD8<sup>+</sup> T cell infiltrationIntratumoral CD8+ T cell infiltrationCD8+ T cell infiltrationCD8<sup>+</sup> T cell infiltrationMouse model of hepatocellular carcinomaEarly-stage hepatocellular carcinomaImage-guided tumor ablationUnpaired Student's <i>t</i> testModel of hepatocellular carcinomaFirst-line therapyMurine hepatocellular carcinomaT cell subsetsTumor-associated macrophagesMurine HCC modelLocal immune responseFemale BALB/c mice
2020
Therapy of Intermediate-Stage Hepatocellular Carcinoma: Current Evidence and Clinical Practice
Chai N, Chapiro J. Therapy of Intermediate-Stage Hepatocellular Carcinoma: Current Evidence and Clinical Practice. Seminars In Interventional Radiology 2020, 37: 456-465. PMID: 33328701, PMCID: PMC7732559, DOI: 10.1055/s-0040-1719186.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchIntermediate-stage hepatocellular carcinomaConventional transarterial chemoembolizationHepatocellular carcinomaLocoregional therapyBland embolizationBarcelona Clinic Liver Cancer (BCLC) staging systemImage-guided locoregional therapiesLiver Cancer staging systemDrug-eluting beads TACEIntermediate-stage diseaseLocoregional treatment optionsImmune checkpoint inhibitorsFirst-line therapyCancer (AJCC) staging systemYttrium-90 RadioembolizationClinical evidence pointsThermal ablationNumber of lesionsCheckpoint inhibitorsDEB-TACELocoregional treatmentSelect patientsSurvival benefitTransarterial chemoembolizationClinical evidence