Human neuroendocrine tumor cell lines as a three-dimensional model for the study of human neuroendocrine tumor therapy

Journal of Visualized Experiments

Volumn , Issue 66, 2012, Pages 1-7

  Wong, Chung ^a   Vosburgh, Evan ^a,b   Levine, Arnold J ^b,c   Cong, Lei ^b   Xu, Eugenia Y ^a,b  

^a Raymond and Beverly Sackler Foundation   (United States)

^b RUTGERS CANCER INSTITUTE OF NEW JERSEY   (United States)

^c INSTITUTE FOR ADVANCED STUDY   (United States)

Author keywords

3D model; Agarose overlay platform; Cancer Biology; Cell Culture; Issue 66; Medicine; Multicellular spheroids; Neuroendocrine tumor cell lines; Neuroscience; Paraffin embedding; Therapeutic drugs; Tissue Engineering

Indexed keywords

EID: 84868277727     PISSN: 1940087X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3791/4218     Document Type: Article

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