Ghassan K. Abou-Alfa, MD

Future research into the management of unresectable hepatocellular carcinoma may involve combining local therapies with checkpoint inhibitors like durvalumab and tremelimumab, according to Ghassan K. Abou-Alda, MD.

Patients with unresectable hepatocellular carcinoma who have recurrent disease following surgery or locally advanced diseases who will likely progress on local therapy may have an opportunity to benefit from tremelimumab and durvalumab following its FDA approval, according to Ghassan K. Abou-Alfa, MD.

Ghassan K. Abou-Alfa, MD, discusses the importance of improving access to novel therapies and combinations for patients with hepatocellular carcinoma across the world.

Ghassan K. Abou-Alfa, MD, spoke about the recent approval of tremelimumab plus durvalumab for patients with unresectable hepatocellular carcinoma, based on results from the phase 3 HIMALAYA trial.

The combination of tremelimumab plus durvalumab improved survival for patients with unresectable hepatocellular carcinoma in the phase 3 HIMALAYA trial.

Ghassan K. Abou-Alfa, MD, examined the trial design of the phase 3 HIMALAYA trial of tremelimumab plus durvalumab for frontline hepatocellular carcinoma, with results presented at the 2022 Gastrointestinal Cancers Symposium.

Ghassan K. Abou-Alfa, MD, detailed the evolution of treatment options for unresectable hepatocellular carcinoma prior to the phase 3 HIMALAYA study and the reasons for launching the trial.

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