Patient-derived xenograft models of breast cancer and their predictive power

Breast Cancer Research

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Whittle, James R ^a   Lewis, Michael T ^b   Lindeman, Geoffrey J ^a,c,d   Visvader, Jane E ^c,d  

^a ROYAL MELBOURNE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c WALTER AND ELIZA HALL INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL RESEARCH   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

3 (2 AMINO 5 BENZOXAZOLYL) 1 ISOPROPYL 1H PYRAZOLO[3,4 D]PYRIMIDIN 4 AMINE; CISPLATIN; CYTOKERATIN 5; CYTOKERATIN 6; DOCETAXEL; EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR RECEPTOR; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR; EVEROLIMUS; KI 67 ANTIGEN; LAPATINIB; MATRIGEL; PROTEIN BCL 2; TAMOXIFEN; TRASTUZUMAB; VEMURAFENIB; VENETOCLAX;

BASAL LIKE BREAST CANCER; BRAIN METASTASIS; BREAST CANCER; BREAST METASTASIS; CANCER RESISTANCE; CLONAL EVOLUTION; FIBROBLAST; GENE EXPRESSION; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LUNG METASTASIS; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MESENCHYMAL STEM CELL; NONHUMAN; PATIENT DERIVED XENOGRAFT; PLEURA EFFUSION; POINT MUTATION; REVIEW; SOMATIC MUTATION; TRIPLE NEGATIVE BREAST CANCER; TUMOR ENGRAFTMENT; TUMOR MICROENVIRONMENT; XENOGRAFT; ANIMAL; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CANCER STEM CELL; CANCER TRANSPLANTATION; DISEASE MODEL; DRUG EFFECTS; DRUG RESISTANCE; DRUG SCREENING; FEMALE; METABOLISM; METASTASIS; MOUSE; PATHOLOGY; PERSONALIZED MEDICINE; PRECLINICAL STUDY; RESEARCH;

ANIMALS; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CLONAL EVOLUTION; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; DRUG EVALUATION, PRECLINICAL; DRUG RESISTANCE, NEOPLASM; FEMALE; HETEROGRAFTS; HUMANS; MICE; NEOPLASM METASTASIS; NEOPLASM TRANSPLANTATION; NEOPLASTIC STEM CELLS; PRECISION MEDICINE; RESEARCH; XENOGRAFT MODEL ANTITUMOR ASSAYS;

EID: 84924281374     PISSN: 14655411     EISSN: 1465542X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s13058-015-0523-1     Document Type: Review

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