Massimo Iavarone, Eleonora Alimenti, Toshifumi Tada, Shigeo Shimose, Goki Suda, Changhoon Yoo, Caterina Soldà, Fabio Piscaglia, Giulia Tosetti, Fabio Marra, Caterina Vivaldi, Fabio Conti, Marta Schirripa, Hideki Iwamoto, Takuya Sho, So Heun Lee, Mario Domenico Rizzato, Matteo Tonnini, Margherita Rimini, Claudia Campani, Gianluca Masi, Francesco Foschi, Mariangela Bruccoleri, Takumi Kawaguchi, Takashi Kumada, Atsushi Hiraoka, Masanori Atsukawa, Shinya Fukunishi, Toru Ishikawa, Kazuto Tajiri, Hironori Ochi, Satoshi Yasuda, Hidenori Toyoda, Takeshi Hatanaka, Satoru Kakizaki, Kazuhito Kawata, Fujimasa Tada, Hideko Ohama, Norio Itokawa, Tomomi Okubo, Taeang Arai, Michitaka Imai, Atsushi Naganuma, Andrea Casadei-Gardini, Pietro Lampertico
INTRODUCTION: Lenvatinib is indicated for the forefront treatment of advanced hepatocellular carcinoma (aHCC), but its use may be limited by the risk of esophagogastric varices (EGV) bleeding. This study assessed the prevalence, predictors, and complications of EGV in aHCC patients treated with lenvatinib. METHODS: In this multicenter international retrospective study, cirrhotic patients treated with lenvatinib for aHCC, were enrolled if upper-gastrointestinal endoscopy was available within 6 months before treatment...
April 2024: Liver Cancer