Imaging biomarker phenotyping system (iBiopsy) to accelerate hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) drug development
Yan Liu [1], Corinne Ramos [1], Pierre Baudot [1], Johan Brag [1], Olivier Lucidarme [2] - Affiliations: [1] Median Technologies, Valbonne, France. [2] Radiology Unit, Pitié Salpétrière Hospital, APHP, Paris, France.
Current drug therapies in HCC remain limited because of substantial genomic, cellular and molecular heterogeneity of the liver tumor microenvironment (TME). This heterogeneity has implications for tumor development, immune response and cellular invasion and is compounded by multiple molecular pathways related to the various HCC etiologies. In this context, it is challenging to find biomarkers that are predictive of therapeutic response or outcome. A systems biology approach leveraging the iBiopsy phenotyping platform to automatically detect HCC and TME subtypes using non-invasive medical imaging could help identify specific disease pathways and accelerate HCC drug development.
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