Long-term survival and portal vein patency with novel PVTT surgery approach in advanced HCC patients with Vp3/4 PVTT following combination therapy of TKIs and PD-1 inhibitors

Abstract Background It is controversial whether patients with hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) with portal vein tumor thrombus (PVTT) should undergo salvage surgery following the combination therapy of tyrosine kinase inhibitors (TKIs) and programmed cell death protein 1 (PD-1) inhibitors. This study...

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Main Authors: Tianyu Jiao, Haowen Tang, Wenwen Zhang, Bingyang Hu, Tao Wan, Yinbiao Cao, Ze Zhang, Yafei Wang, Junning Cao, Mengqiu Cui, Shichun Lu
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2023-12-01
Series:BMC Surgery
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s12893-023-02291-1