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Nina Niu Sanford: LEAP-012 on Intermediate risk HCC by Masatoshi Kudo et al.
Jan 13, 2025, 13:54

Nina Niu Sanford: LEAP-012 on Intermediate risk HCC by Masatoshi Kudo et al.

Nina Niu Sanford, Assistant Professor and Chief of Gastrointestinal Radiation Oncology at Harvard/Brigham and Women’s Hospital/Massachusetts General Hospital, shared a post on X about a recent paper by Masatoshi Kudo, Professor and Chairman at the Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology of Kindai University Faculty of Medicine, published in The Lancet:

“LEAP-012: TACE with/without lenvatinib plus pembrolizumab for intermediate risk HCC.

  • No difference in OS
  • Grade 3+ AE 71% in combo arm, and 32% with TACE alone

In my opinion this is not an effective, cost-effective, or ‘well-tolerated’ regimen.”

“Transarterial chemoembolisation combined with lenvatinib plus pembrolizumab versus dual placebo for unresectable, non-metastatic hepatocellular carcinoma (LEAP-012): a multicentre, randomised, double-blind, phase 3 study”

Authors: Masatoshi Kudo, Zhenggang Ren, Yabing Guo, Richard Finn, Josep Llovet et al.

Nina Niu Sanford: LEAP-012 on Intermediate risk HCC by Masatoshi Kudo et al.

Nina Niu Sanford is an Assistant Professor and Chief of Gastrointestinal Radiation Oncology at Harvard/Brigham and Women’s Hospital/Massachusetts General Hospital. She specializes in treating gastrointestinal cancers and actively participates in clinical trials combining high-dose radiation therapy with immunotherapy.

Additionally, she researches healthcare access disparities and conducts pan-cancer outcomes research using large databases.

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