Sirolimus plus sorafenib in treating HCC recurrence after liver transplantation: A case report

Yubao Wang; Kermit V. Speeg; William Kenneth Washburn; Glenn Halff

doi:10.3748/wjg.v16.i43.5518

Sirolimus plus sorafenib in treating HCC recurrence after liver transplantation: A case report

Yubao Wang, Kermit V. Speeg, William Kenneth Washburn, Glenn Halff

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Abstract

A case of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) with pulmonary recurrence after liver transplantation for HCC is presented in this report. The patient showed disease progression on sorafenib therapy demonstrated by computed tomography scans as well as serial serum α-fetoprotein (AFP) elevation. After his immunosuppression therapy was successfully transitioned to sirolimus and a continuation of sorafenib, he achieved partial remission based on RECIST criteria and normalization of AFP. Mammalian target of rapamycin inhibitors including sirolimus alone or in conjunction with sorafenib may be useful in the treatment of post transplant HCC.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	5518-5522
Number of pages	5
Journal	World Journal of Gastroenterology
Volume	16
Issue number	43
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.3748/wjg.v16.i43.5518
State	Published - Nov 21 2010

Keywords

Hepatocellular carcinoma
Liver transplantation
Mammalian target of rapamycin inhibitor
Sirolimus
Sorafenib

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Gastroenterology

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Sirolimus plus sorafenib in treating HCC recurrence after liver transplantation: A case report

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