Nivolumab Approved for Liver Cancer.

The FDA granted accelerated approval to nivolumab for second-line treatment of advanced hepatocellular carcinoma, making it just the third drug on the market for the disease. The PD-1 inhibitor is approved for patients who cannot tolerate sorafenib and those whose disease progressed despite treatment with the multikinase inhibitor. ©2017 American Association for Cancer Research.