Prospective cohort study using the breast cancer spheroid model as a predictor for response to neoadjuvant therapy - the SpheroNEO study

BMC Cancer

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Halfter, Kathrin ^a   Ditsch, Nina ^b   Kolberg, Hans Christian ^c   Fischer, Holger ^d   Hauzenberger, Tanja ^e   von Koch, Franz Edler ^f   Bauerfeind, Ingo ^g   von Minckwitz, Gunter ^h   Funke, Ilona ⁱ   Crispin, Alexander ^j   Mayer, Barbara ^a,i  

^a LUDWIG MAXIMILIANS UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^c Marien Hospital Bottrop gGmbH   (Germany)

^d Centre for Hygiene   (Germany)

^e KLINIKUM ST MARIEN   (Germany)

^f Klinikum Dritter Orden   (Germany)

^g Klinikum Landshut   (Germany)

^h UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL FRANKFURT   (Germany)

ⁱ SpheroTec GmbH   (Germany)

^j TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

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Author keywords

Breast cancer; Cellular response to anticancer drugs; In vitro diagnostics; Neoadjuvant chemotherapy; Personalized medicine; Predicting treatment outcome

Indexed keywords

CARBOPLATIN; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; DOCETAXEL; DOXORUBICIN; EPIRUBICIN; FLUOROURACIL; PACLITAXEL; TRASTUZUMAB; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; TUMOR MARKER;

ADJUVANT THERAPY; ADULT; AGE; AREA UNDER THE CURVE; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BREAST CANCER; BREAST CANCER SPHEROID MODEL; BREAST TUMOR; CANCER ADJUVANT THERAPY; CANCER PROGNOSIS; CANCER SURVIVAL; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IN VITRO STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PREDICTOR VARIABLE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TREATMENT RESPONSE; TUMOR SPHEROID; AGED; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CANCER GRADING; CANCER STAGING; METABOLISM; METASTASIS; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; MULTICELLULAR SPHEROID; NEOADJUVANT THERAPY; ODDS RATIO; PATHOLOGY; PROGNOSIS; TUMOR CELL CULTURE; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; AGED; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS; BIOMARKERS, TUMOR; BREAST NEOPLASMS; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; IN VITRO TECHNIQUES; MIDDLE AGED; NEOADJUVANT THERAPY; NEOPLASM GRADING; NEOPLASM METASTASIS; NEOPLASM STAGING; ODDS RATIO; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; ROC CURVE; SPHEROIDS, CELLULAR; TUMOR CELLS, CULTURED; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84937034223     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712407     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12885-015-1491-7     Document Type: Article

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