Feedback PLC Collaboration with University of Texas
15 Mai 2015 - 8:00AM
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Feedback PLC
15 May 2015
15 May 2015
Feedback plc
("Feedback" or the "Company")
Collaboration with the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer
Center, Houston, Texas, USA
Feedback plc (AIM: FDBK), the medical imaging software company,
is pleased to announce that it has signed a research agreement with
The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center in Houston,
Texas, USA, to investigate the potential future clinical
application of Feedback's TexRAD texture analysis software on
computed tomography (CT) image data of patients with kidney and
adrenal cancer. This will be a retrospective study and the results
will not be used to influence or guide the treatment regime for
existing patients.
The research collaboration will be led by Prof. Haesun Choi
(Professor, Department of Diagnostic Radiology, MD Anderson Cancer
Center). Prof. Choi is a world leading imaging expert and is
renowned for developing the CT based "Choi criteria" for assessing
response to anti-vascular therapy extensively used around the world
in clinical, research and pharmaceutical drug trials.
Prof. Haesun Choi commented:
"Limitations of the size-based traditional response evaluation
criteria in solid tumor have been well recognized, particularly, in
those treated with the new molecularly targeted agents. More
reliable user-friendly biomarkers that can reflect the tumor
response and that can be used in risk-stratification are needed.
The tumors are known to be heterogeneous in their phenotypes and
genotypes. Analyzing the tumor heterogeneity on CT images may
provide insights of tumors that may be useful in evaluating the
tumor response. MD Anderson Cancer Center currently is exploring of
the potential value of this new mean in kidney cancers."
Dr. Balaji Ganeshan, Chief Scientist & New Business Officer
of the Company's subsidiaries TexRAD Ltd & Cambridge Computed
Imaging Ltd commented:
"Prof. Haesun Choi is one of the top and highly recognized
imaging experts based at the very prestigious MD Anderson Cancer
Center. For the last 25 years MD Anderson Cancer Center has
consistently ranked as one of the USA's top two cancer centres
receiving over 120,000 people last year for care, services and
clinical trial. We are delighted that she will be leading the large
comprehensive patient population study (around 400 patients with
kidney and adrenal cancers) on CT to strengthen the evidence base
of TexRAD as the leading tumour texture heterogeneity analysis
software. The investigation in kidney and adrenal cancer patient
risk-stratification and treatment response evaluation, will
potentially lead to the established use of TexRAD in pharmaceutical
drug trials and clinical management. Working with MD Anderson
Cancer Center will significantly enhance our TexRAD research
collaborator base and credibility with the addition of this key
site in the USA."
For further information contact:
Feedback plc Tel: 01954 718072
Simon Barrell / Trevor Brown /
Tom Charlton
Sanlam Securities UK (Nominated Tel: 020 7628
Adviser and Joint Broker) 2200
Simon Clements / Virginia Bull
Peterhouse Corporate Finance Ltd Tel: 020 7469
(Joint Broker) 0936
Lucy Williams / Duncan Vasey
Notes to editors:
TexRAD is a novel sophisticated imaging risk stratification
research tool that analyses the textures in existing radiological
scans. This research software application analyses textures,
detecting and measuring tumour heterogeneity (complexity) from
these images, revealing more information from medical images than
is readily visible to the naked eye. Research to date has shown
that TexRAD could potentially assist the clinician (as an
'Imaging-Biomarker') in confident decision-making: it has the
potential to assess the prognosis, disease-severity (e.g. risk of
metastases) and response evaluation of patients with cancer.
Currently TexRAD research has shown great potential in many
different oncological sites, including, colorectal, breast, lung,
prostate, oesophageal, head & neck, lymphoma, liver and renal
cancers and could potentially be employed as a heterogeneity
assessing tool in the era of 'Precision and Personalized Medicine'.
TexRAD is manufactured under licence by company Cambridge Computed
Imaging Ltd, a subsidiary of Feedback plc. More information is
available on www.fbk.com and www.texrad.com.
This information is provided by RNS
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