Metallothionein‐1G facilitates sorafenib resistance through inhibition of ferroptosis
Xiaofang Sun, Xiaohua Niu, Ruochan Chen, Wenyin He, De Chen, Rui Kang, Daolin Tang – 25 March 2016 – Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is a major cause of cancer‐related death worldwide and currently has the fastest rising incidence of all cancers. Sorafenib was originally identified as an inhibitor of multiple oncogenic kinases and remains the only approved systemic therapy for advanced HCC. However, acquired resistance to sorafenib has been found in HCC patients, which results in poor prognosis.