It showed
effectiveness against liver cancer in a phase II clinical trial and will move into a phase III trial later this year, David Kirn, an oncologist and the company's president and chief executive officer, said at a recent meeting of the American Society for Gene & Cell Therapy in Washington, D.C..
They prepared a similar
weapon against liver cancer by piggybacking rhenium 18 on antibodies that target HBx, a viral antigen made by cancerous liver cells.
The quest for effective
treatment against liver cancer and fatty liver disease, has made huge progress as a study led by SciLifeLab Fellow Adil Mardinoglu (KTH) has identified a number of drug targets that can be used in the development of new efficient treatment strategies with minimum side effects.
Dual Approach Better for Liver Cancer A combined treatment for liver cancer that uses one oral drug and another delivered directly to tumors in a method known as chemoembolization appears to work
better against liver cancer.
A new study from the University of Illinois reports that including broccoli in the diet may also
protect against liver cancer, as well as aid in countering the development of fatty liver or nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) which can cause malfunction of the liver and lead to hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC), a liver cancer with a high mortality rate.