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Hepatocellular Carcinoma

The most common type of
primary liver cancer.

Hepatocellular Carcinoma (HCC) occurs most often in people with chronic liver diseases, including fatty liver disease and cirrhosis as main risk factors. While most patients don’t have signs or symptoms in the early stages of HCC, when they appear, they usually include weight loss, loss of appetite, upper abdominal pain, nausea and vomiting, fatigue, abdominal swelling, and jaundice.

Incidence

42K

cases diagnosed each year in the U.S.1

Survival

20%

of patients survive 5 years after diagnosis 2

Current Treatment Approaches

There are a wide variety of treatment options available, including external beam radiation (EBRT), but they vary per stage. While the short-term survival of HCC has improved, the recurrent disease remains a big problem. Patients in the early stages seek a cure via surgical resection or liver transplantation.

Patients have few options once HCC progresses.

For patients at an intermediate or an advanced stage, the tumor is typically inoperable, causing patients to turn to palliative locoregional (chemoembolization, radioembolization) or systemic (sorafenib) therapy. These treatments are not curative and do not significantly prolong life.

The Opportunity

To extend the life of patients with any stage of HCC through a safer, more targeted and convenient treatment option.

188RNL-BAM is a next-generation radioembolization therapy designed for the injection of a single high dose of radiation directly into the hepatic artery, blocking the tumor’s blood flow and enhancing delivery. By targeting the tumor more effectively and precisely, we expect 188RNL-BAM will minimize radiation exposure to normal tissues, improving patients’ survival expectancy and quality of life.
Compared to current radioembolization therapies, 188RNL-BAM has strong potential advantages in work-up procedure, radioactivity retention, production cost, drug clearance and general convenience for the patient.