Colorectal cancer-derived tumor spheroids retain the characteristics of original tumors
Highlights • Establishment of three dimensional spheroids derived from colorectal cancer tissues. • The spheroids retain molecular and histological characteristics of patient's tumor. • The spheroids maintain stem cell composition for months. • Cetuximab efficacy test reflects the retaining hum...
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Veröffentlicht in: | Cancer letters 2015-10, Vol.367 (1), p.34-42 |
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Zusammenfassung: | Highlights • Establishment of three dimensional spheroids derived from colorectal cancer tissues. • The spheroids retain molecular and histological characteristics of patient's tumor. • The spheroids maintain stem cell composition for months. • Cetuximab efficacy test reflects the retaining human genetic mutation. • Providing new platform for the personalized anti-cancer therapeutics. |
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ISSN: | 0304-3835 1872-7980 |
DOI: | 10.1016/j.canlet.2015.06.024 |