PRACTICAL ONCOLOGY JOURNAL ›› 2016, Vol. 30 ›› Issue (5): 448-452.doi: 10.11904/j.issn.1002-3070.2016.05.013

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Study advances on the roles of apoptosis in hepatocellular carcinoma therapy

ZHAO Xiangxuan, WEN Feng, MAO Xiaonan, LU Zaiming   

  1. Department of Radiology,Shengjing Hospital of China Medical University,Shenyang 110004,China
  • Received:2016-04-01 Online:2016-10-28 Published:2016-11-02

Abstract: Hepatocellular carcinoma(HCC)is one of the commonest malignant tumors in China.The therapeutic effects of conventional therapies including surgery resection at early stage,chemotherapy or radiotherapy are greatly less than expected.One of the most possible reasons is the blockage of apoptosis in HCC cells.This review collects literatures about the studies on the roles of key signal pathways including RA,STAT3,PDT,p53,β-catenin,TRAIL,microRNA and RAS in HCC therapy.This study may contribute greatly to providing outline insights for using apoptosis induction in liver cancer therapy.We hope it can promote the development liver cancer therapy in China.

Key words: Apoptosis, HCC, Signal pathway, Target therapy

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