Therapeutic potential of targeting glypican-3 in hepatocellular carcinoma.

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Published in Anticancer Agents Med Chem on July 01, 2011

Authors

Mark Allegretta1, Jorge Filmus

Author Affiliations

1: BioMosaics, Inc., Burlington, VT, USA. m.allegretta@biomosaics.com

Associated clinical trials:

Study of GC33 and Sorafenib in Combination in Advanced or Metastatic Liver Cancer (Hepatocellular Carcinoma) | NCT00976170

A Phase I Study of GC33 in Advanced or Metastatic Liver Cancer (Hepatocellular Carcinoma) | NCT00746317

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