Multicentric prospective study of validation of angiogenesis-related gene polymorphisms in HCC patients treated with sorafenib: Final results of INNOVATE study

Background null In two retrospective studies we analyzed endothelial-derived nitric oxide synthase (eNOS) and angiopoietin-2 (ANGPT2) polymorphisms, and patients with eNOS-786CC+TC genotype and ANGPT2rs55633437 GG genotypes had significantly higher median PFS and OS compared to those with other genotypes. On the basis of these preliminary results, our aim was to validate in a prospective study these data in patients with HCC treated with...