Dr. Ghassan Abou-Alfa on Possible Second-Line Treatments for HCC Patients
Ghassan Abou-Alfa says serafnib is currently the only first-line treatment approved for HCC based on the SHARP trial, where the treatment showed improved survival in patients from 7.9 months to 10.7 months.
Ghassan Abou-Alfa, MD, medical oncologist, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, talks about first- and second-line treatments for hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). He says sorafenib is currently the only first-line treatment approved for HCC based on the SHARP trial, where the treatment showed improved survival in patients from 7.9 months to 10.7 months.
Abou-Alfa says he finds it interesting that second-line therapies are already being investigated despite there not being many options for first-line treatments. He says nivolumab and pembrolizumab may have a place in the treatment of HCC.
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