Sequential related donor partial liver followed by bone marrow transplantation for treatment of extensive, liver-confined fibrolamellar hepatocellular carcinoma (FL-HCC)

Timeframe: 2014 – 2018 Goals: Develop and implement a clinical trial for combined liver and bone marrow transplantation as a treatment for liver-confined FLC Principal Investigator: Ephraim Fuchs, MD Study overview: This grant supported the development of a phase II, single center study to assess the feasibility and effectiveness of combining bone marrow transplantation and …

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Iodine transporter research

Timeframe: 2014 – 2015 Goal: Investigate the potential of radioactive iodine as a therapeutic in FLC Principle Investigator: Nancy Carrasco, MD (Currently at Vanderbilt University) Study background: FLC cells express high levels of the iodine transporter NIS, raising the possibility that radioactive iodine may be a potential therapeutic for FLC. Radioactive iodine has a long …

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