2023
Adherence to Tumor Board Recommendations in the Treatment of Patients with Hepatocellular Carcinoma
Cao Y, Mezzacappa C, Jaffe A, Strazzabosco M, Taddei T. Adherence to Tumor Board Recommendations in the Treatment of Patients with Hepatocellular Carcinoma. Journal Of Multidisciplinary Healthcare 2023, 16: 1531-1540. PMID: 37283950, PMCID: PMC10239642, DOI: 10.2147/jmdh.s407908.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMultidisciplinary liver tumor boardBarcelona Clinic Liver CancerHepatocellular carcinomaBCLC stageLocoregional therapyTreatment-naïve hepatocellular carcinomaTreatment of HCCTumor board recommendationsRetrospective cohort studyTertiary care centerChronic liver diseaseMultivariate Cox regressionKaplan-Meier analysisManagement of patientsTreatment of patientsUnifocal hepatocellular carcinomaCases of discordanceBCLC guidelinesPalliative intentTreatment discordanceUnifocal diseaseChart reviewCohort studyCurative therapyCurative treatment
2022
Locoregional Therapy in the Management of Intrahepatic Cholangiocarcinoma: Is There Sufficient Evidence to Guide Current Clinical Practice?
Wang Y, Strazzabosco M, Madoff DC. Locoregional Therapy in the Management of Intrahepatic Cholangiocarcinoma: Is There Sufficient Evidence to Guide Current Clinical Practice? Current Oncology Reports 2022, 24: 1741-1750. PMID: 36255606, PMCID: PMC10878124, DOI: 10.1007/s11912-022-01338-5.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsLocoregional therapyIntrahepatic cholangiocarcinomaManagement of ICCFuture prospective randomized studiesComparable survival outcomesSafety of hepatectomyProspective Randomized StudyLocal tumor controlNon-surgical approachCurrent clinical practicePurpose of reviewUnresectable diseaseSurgical candidatesSystemic therapyVenous embolizationRandomized studyTransarterial embolizationDismal prognosisMultimodal treatmentSafety profileSurvival outcomesAblative therapyTumor controlPreoperative hypertrophyLiver lobe
2021
Thermal ablation alone vs thermal ablation combined with transarterial chemoembolization for patients with small (<3 cm) hepatocellular carcinoma
Chai NX, Chapiro J, Petukhova A, Gross M, Kucukkaya A, Raju R, Zeevi T, Elbanan M, Lin M, Perez-Lozada JC, Schlachter T, Strazzabosco M, Pollak JS, Madoff DC. Thermal ablation alone vs thermal ablation combined with transarterial chemoembolization for patients with small (<3 cm) hepatocellular carcinoma. Clinical Imaging 2021, 76: 123-129. PMID: 33592550, PMCID: PMC8217099, DOI: 10.1016/j.clinimag.2021.01.043.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsOverall survivalTransarterial chemoembolizationHepatocellular carcinomaThermal ablationTA groupEarly-stage hepatocellular carcinomaMedian overall survivalTherapy-naïve patientsKaplan-Meier analysisMaximum tumor diameterStage hepatocellular carcinomaLog-rank testDrug-eluting beadsSmall hepatocellular carcinomaTerms of TTPHIPAA-compliant IRBSignificant differencesLipiodol-TACELocoregional therapyBCLC stageComplication rateTreatment cohortsTumor diameterAFP levelsPatient group
2011
Systemic Therapy in Hepatocellular Carcinoma
Wrzesinski SH, Taddei TH, Strazzabosco M. Systemic Therapy in Hepatocellular Carcinoma. Clinics In Liver Disease 2011, 15: 423-441. PMID: 21689622, PMCID: PMC3758582, DOI: 10.1016/j.cld.2011.03.002.Books