An in vitro chemosensitivity test for colorectal cancer using collagen-gel droplet embedded cultures

Kurume Medical Journal

Volumn 46, Issue 3-4, 1999, Pages 163-166

  Araki, Yasumi ^a   Isomoto, Hiroharu ^a   Matsumoto, Atsushi ^a   Kaibara, Atsushi ^a   Yasunaga, Masafumi ^a   Hayashi, Katsumi ^a   Yatsugi, Hiroyuki ^a   Yamauchi, Ken ^a  

^a KURUME UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Japan)

Author keywords

Collagen gel droplet embedded cultures drug sensitivity test; Colorectal cancer

Indexed keywords

CISPLATIN; DOXORUBICIN; ETOPOSIDE; FLUOROURACIL; MITOMYCIN C; VINDESINE;

ARTICLE; CANCER CELL CULTURE; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CHEMOSENSITIVITY; COLON BIOPSY; COLORECTAL CANCER; DRUG SENSITIVITY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL;

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS; COLLAGEN; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; DRUG SCREENING ASSAYS, ANTITUMOR; HUMANS; TUMOR CELLS, CULTURED;

EID: 0033397649     PISSN: 00235679     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2739/kurumemedj.46.163     Document Type: Article

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