Positive results from the EMERALD-1 phase III trial showed AstraZeneca’s Imfinzi (durvalumab) in combination with transarterial chemoembolization, or TACE, and bevacizumab demonstrated a statistically significant and clinically meaningful improvement in the primary endpoint of progression-free survival compared to TACE alone in patients with hepatocellular carcinoma eligible for embolization.
Jason Chiang and Kyung Sung of the Department of Radiological Sciences at the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA and the UCLA Health Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center have received a $3.2 million, five-year grant from NCI to develop an artificial intelligence-enhanced imaging platform designed to improve yttrium-90 (Y90) radioembolization planning for patients with liver cancer.
