US Patent Issued on May 5 for "Personalized liver cancer treatment" (California Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,620,468, issued on May 5.

"Personalized liver cancer treatment" was invented by Dipankar Ghosh (Irvine, Calif.) and John Carl Hoefs (Irvine, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Systems and methods are provided for collecting and processing data from liver cancer patients that can be used to personalize treatment plans for these patients, including by determining and considering their liver functional reserve LFR. Specifically, systems and methods are provided for using fLV (functional liver volume) and PHM (perfused hepatic mass), before and after treatment, to determine personalized treatment plans and improve overall survival rates." ...