Cancer spheroids and organoids as novel tools for research and therapy: state of the art and challenges to guide precision medicine

S El Harane, B Zidi, N El Harane, KH Krause, T Matthes… - Cells, 2023 - mdpi.com
Spheroids and organoids are important novel players in medical and life science research.
They are gradually replacing two-dimensional (2D) cell cultures. Indeed, three-dimensional …

Tumor organoids: synergistic applications, current challenges, and future prospects in cancer therapy

J Qu, FS Kalyani, L Liu, T Cheng… - Cancer …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Patient‐derived cancer cells (PDCs) and patient‐derived xenografts (PDXs) are often used
as tumor models, but have many shortcomings. PDCs not only lack diversity in terms of cell …

Flourishing tumor organoids: History, emerging technology, and application

Q Yang, M Li, X Yang, Z Xiao, X Tong… - Bioengineering & …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Malignant tumors are one of the leading causes of death which impose an increasingly
heavy burden on all countries. Therefore, the establishment of research models that closely …

Prostate organoids: emerging experimental tools for translational research

M Beshiri, S Agarwal, JJ Yin… - The Journal of Clinical …, 2023 - Am Soc Clin Investig
Organoid technology has provided new translational research opportunities in oncology, in
part by enabling the development of patient-representative living biobanks. Prostate cancer …

Engineering prostate cancer in vitro: what does it take?

A Buskin, E Scott, R Nelson, L Gaughan, CN Robson… - Oncogene, 2023 - nature.com
A key challenge in the clinical management and cause of treatment failure of prostate cancer
(PCa) is its molecular, cellular and clinical heterogeneity. Modelling systems that fully …

Advanced 3D imaging and organoid bioprinting for biomedical research and therapeutic applications

S Maharjan, C Ma, B Singh, H Kang, G Orive… - Advanced Drug Delivery …, 2024 - Elsevier
Organoid cultures offer a valuable platform for studying organ-level biology, allowing for a
closer mimicry of human physiology compared to traditional two-dimensional cell culture …

Human organoid systems in modeling reproductive tissue development, function, and disease

S Haider, AG Beristain - Human Reproduction, 2023 - academic.oup.com
Research focused on human reproductive biology has primarily relied upon clinical samples
affording mainly descriptive studies with limited implementation of functional or mechanistic …

Zebrafish cancer avatars: A translational platform for analyzing tumor heterogeneity and predicting patient outcomes

MA Al-Hamaly, LT Turner, A Rivera-Martinez… - International Journal of …, 2023 - mdpi.com
The increasing number of available anti-cancer drugs presents a challenge for oncologists,
who must choose the most effective treatment for the patient. Precision cancer medicine …

[HTML][HTML] The prostate cancer landscape in Europe: Current challenges, future opportunities

M Marhold, G Kramer, M Krainer, C Le Magnen - Cancer Letters, 2022 - Elsevier
Prostate cancer (PCa) is the most common non-cutaneous cancer in men in Europe and is
predicted to exhibit declining mortality in the European Union (EU) due to various recent …

OncoLoop: A network-based precision cancer medicine framework

A Vasciaveo, JM Arriaga, FN De Almeida, M Zou… - Cancer discovery, 2023 - AACR
Prioritizing treatments for individual patients with cancer remains challenging, and
performing coclinical studies using patient-derived models in real time is often unfeasible …