Ghassan K. Abou-Alfa, MD

Ghassan K. Abou-Alfa, MD, of Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, describes what he sees as key areas of research into the treatment of hepatocellular carcinoma as therapy moves beyond existing drugs and into novel approaches.

Ghassan K. Abou-Alfa, MD, medical oncologist, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, discusses how the potential approval of cabozantinib (Cabometyx) in hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) could affect the treatment landscape in liver cancer.

Ghassan K. Abou-Alfa, MD, medical oncologist, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, discusses the results of the CELESTIAL trial in advanced hepatocellular carcinoma during the 2018 Gastrointestinal Cancers Symposium.

Ghassan K. Abou-Alfa, MD, medical oncologist, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, discusses treatment options in liver cancer.

Ghassan K. Abou-Alfa, MD, medical oncologist, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, discusses checkpoint inhibitors in liver cancer.

Ghassan K. Abou-Alfa, MD, medical oncologist, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, discusses the ongoing role and impact of regorafenib (Stivarga) in the paradigm of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) in an interview during the 2017 Chemotherapy Foundation Symposium.

Ghassan K. Abou-Alfa, MD, medical oncologist, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, discusses trials investigating immunotherapy in hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC).

Ghassan K. Abou-Alfa, MD, medical oncologist, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, discusses the role of immunotherapy for patients with hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC).

Ghassan K. Abou-Alfa, MD, medical oncologist, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, discusses the trial of MEK162 in combination with gemcitabine and cisplatin in patients with untreated advanced biliary cancer.

Ghassan K. Abou-Alfa, MD, medical oncologist, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, discusses ongoing studies investigating immunotherapy in hepatocellular carcinoma.

​Ghassan K. Abou-Alfa, MD, medical oncologist at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, discusses the impact of the phase III RESORCE trial, which demonstrated that regorafenib improved survival over placebo for patients with hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) that progressed on sorafenib.

Ghassan K. Abou-Alfa, MD, medical oncologist, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, discusses the significance of the RESORCE trial, which explored regorafenib (Stivarga) versus best supportive care for patients with unresectable hepatocellular carcinoma who progressed after receiving sorafenib (Nexavar).

Ghassan K. Abou-Alfa, MD, medical oncologist, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, discusses the CALGB 80802 study, which examined sorafenib versus sorafenib plus doxorubicin in patients with advanced hepatocellular carcinoma in the first-line setting.

Ghassan K. Abou-Alfa, MD, Gastrointestinal Oncology Service, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, discusses the findings from the STORM trial, a phase III randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial of adjuvant sorafenib after resection or ablation to prevent recurrence of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC).

Ghassan K. Abou-Alfa, MD, Gastrointestinal Oncology Service, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, discusses a retrospective analysis that evaluated embolization versus embolization plus systemic therapy in patients with metastatic hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC).

Ghassan K. Abou-Alfa, MD, Gastrointestinal Oncology Service, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, discusses a retrospective study to determine the prognostic value of C-reactive protein (CRP) levels in patients with hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) who are undergoing sorafenib treatment

Ghassan K. Abou-Alfa, MD, discusses the phase II study of a novel transforming growth factor-beta (TGF-β1) receptor I kinase inhibitor, LY2157299 monohydrate, in patients with advanced hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC), which was presented at the 2014 Gastrointestinal Cancers Symposium.

Ghassan K. Abou-Alfa, MD, Gastrointestinal Oncology Service, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, describes a study looking at sorafenib plus doxorubicin compared with doxorubicin alone in patients with advanced hepatocellular carcinoma.

Ghassan K. Abou-Alfa, MD, from Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, discusses the promising results and future investigation of MET inhibition in hepatocellular carcinoma using cabozantinib and tivantinib.

Ghassan K. Abou-Alfa, MD, from Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, discusses a study that examined the utility of doxorubicin-eluting beads in hepatic arterial embolization as a treatment for hepatocellular carcinoma.