Tumor slice culture as a biologic surrogate of human cancer
Author(s) -
Heidi L. Kenerson,
Kevin M. Sullivan,
Yongwoo David Seo,
Kathryn M. Stadeli,
Cigdem Ussakli,
Xiaowei Yan,
Chris Lausted,
Venu G. Pillarisetty,
James O. Park,
Kimberly J. Riehle,
Matthew M. Yeh,
Qiang Tian,
Raymond S. Yeung
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
annals of translational medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2305-5847
pISSN - 2305-5839
DOI - 10.21037/atm.2019.12.88
Subject(s) - tumor microenvironment , ex vivo , cancer , in vivo , pathology , vibratome , medicine , colorectal cancer , cancer research , biology , immunohistochemistry , microbiology and biotechnology
We report a standardized method to assess and compare human cancer growth ex vivo across a wide spectrum of tumor samples. TSC reflects the state of tumor behavior and heterogeneity, thus providing a simple approach to study of human cancers with an intact TME.
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