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
Hauptverfasser: Lee, Sun-Hwa, Hong, Jun Hwa, Park, Hwan Ki, Park, Jun Seok, Kim, Bo-Kyung, Lee, Jung-Yi, Jeong, Ji Yun, Yoon, Ghil Suk, Inoue, Masahiro, Choi, Gyu-Seog, Lee, In-Kyu
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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.
ISSN:0304-3835
1872-7980
DOI:10.1016/j.canlet.2015.06.024