## Abstract ## BACKGROUND There is no effective systemic therapy for patients with hepatocellular carcinoma. A recent trial reported a moderate antitumor activity for gemcitabine among Asian patients with advanced hepatocellular carcinoma. This led to our examination of the efficacy and tolerabili
A phase I/II trial of the oral antiangiogenic agent TSU-68 in patients with advanced hepatocellular carcinoma
โ Scribed by Fumihiko Kanai; Haruhiko Yoshida; Ryosuke Tateishi; Shinpei Sato; Takao Kawabe; Shuntaro Obi; Yuji Kondo; Makoto Taniguchi; Kazumi Tagawa; Masafumi Ikeda; Chigusa Morizane; Takuji Okusaka; Hitoshi Arioka; Shuichiro Shiina; Masao Omata
- Book ID
- 105993445
- Publisher
- Springer
- Year
- 2010
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 408 KB
- Volume
- 67
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0344-5704
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