Nexavar for hepatocellular carcinoma?

Do you know anyone who had Liver Cancer (hepatocellular carcinoma) and used Nexavar? What was the result? how effective it was?

This is a fairly new drug called Sorafenib and marketed as Nexavar. It is on fast track status for the treatment of advanced hepatocellular carcinoma (primary liver cancer). Sorafenib is a tyrosine kinase inhibitor that was approved by the FDA for treatment for GIST and Renal cell carcinoma (Kidney cancer) and has been considered successful. You can look over the Clinical Trial results to see how patients with liver cancer have responded. It its on a fast track status because of the positive results from Stage III Clinical Trials for this disease.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sunitinib
http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/5580...

One of the best ways to check information like this is to join a support group. Many times there will be patients there who have more information about this treatment. You can join the ACOR mailing list and ask patients:

The Liver Cancer Support Group
http://listserv.acor.org/archives/liver-...

Best to you.

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