Conversion therapy for unresectable hepatocellular carcinoma after lenvatinib: Three case reports.
Tetsu TomonariYasushi SatoHironori TanakaTakahiro TanakaTatsuya TaniguchiMasahiro SogabeKoichi OkamotoHiroshi MiyamotoNaoki MugurumaYu SaitoSatoru ImuraYoshimi BandoMitsuo ShimadaTetsuji TakayamaPublished in: Medicine (2020)
This study demonstrated that LEN enables downstaging of HCC and thus represents a bridge to successful surgery or ablation therapy. In particular, LEN treatment may facilitate the possibility for conversion therapy of initially unresectable HCC, while maintaining the hepatic functional reserve.