Patient-derived explants (PDEs) as a powerful preclinical platform for anti-cancer drug and biomarker discovery

IR Powley, M Patel, G Miles, H Pringle… - British journal of …, 2020 - nature.com
Preclinical models that can accurately predict outcomes in the clinic are much sought after in
the field of cancer drug discovery and development. Existing models such as organoids and …

Microfluidic modelling of the tumor microenvironment for anti-cancer drug development

M Shang, RH Soon, CT Lim, BL Khoo, J Han - Lab on a Chip, 2019 - pubs.rsc.org
Cancer is the leading cause of death worldwide. The complex and disorganized tumor
microenvironment makes it very difficult to treat this disease. The most common in vitro drug …

Bridging the gap between tumor-on-chip and clinics: a systematic review of 15 years of studies

C Bouquerel, A Dubrova, I Hofer, DTT Phan… - Lab on a Chip, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
Over the past 15 years, the field of oncology research has witnessed significant progress in
the development of new cell culture models, such as tumor-on-chip (ToC) systems. In this …

Engineering in medicine to address the challenge of cancer drug resistance: from micro-and nanotechnologies to computational and mathematical modeling

M Craig, AL Jenner, B Namgung, LP Lee… - Chemical …, 2020 - ACS Publications
Drug resistance has profoundly limited the success of cancer treatment, driving relapse,
metastasis, and mortality. Nearly all anticancer drugs and even novel immunotherapies …

[HTML][HTML] On-chip modeling of tumor evolution: Advances, challenges and opportunities

C Li, JB Holman, Z Shi, B Qiu, W Ding - Materials Today Bio, 2023 - Elsevier
Tumor evolution is the accumulation of various tumor cell behaviors from tumorigenesis to
tumor metastasis and is regulated by the tumor microenvironment (TME). However, the …

Cancer-on-chip: a 3D model for the study of the tumor microenvironment

E Cauli, MA Polidoro, S Marzorati, C Bernardi… - Journal of Biological …, 2023 - Springer
The approval of anticancer therapeutic strategies is still slowed down by the lack of models
able to faithfully reproduce in vivo cancer physiology. On one hand, the conventional in vitro …

[HTML][HTML] ALDH1A1 drives prostate cancer metastases and radioresistance by interplay with AR-and RAR-dependent transcription

I Gorodetska, A Offermann, J Püschel… - Theranostics, 2024 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Rationale: Current therapies for metastatic osseous disease frequently fail to provide a
durable treatment response. To date, there are only limited therapeutic options for metastatic …

[HTML][HTML] Development and recent advancement in microfluidics for point of care biosensor applications: A review

P Lakhera, V Chaudhary, B Bhardwaj, P Kumar… - … and Bioelectronics: X, 2022 - Elsevier
Capillaries are small microscopic channels found in nature predominantly. These flow blood
in animals and food, water and nutritions in plants. Mimicking these capillaries scientist …

The tumour immune microenvironment in oesophageal cancer

M Davern, NE Donlon, R Power, C Hayes… - British Journal of …, 2021 - nature.com
Oesophageal cancer (OC) is an inflammation-associated malignancy linked to gastro-
oesophageal reflux disease, obesity and tobacco use. Knowledge of the microenvironment …

Flow-induced shear stress confers resistance to carboplatin in an adherent three-dimensional model for ovarian cancer: A role for EGFR-targeted …

S Nath, M Pigula, AP Khan, W Hanna, MK Ruhi… - Journal of clinical …, 2020 - mdpi.com
A key reason for the persistently grim statistics associated with metastatic ovarian cancer is
resistance to conventional agents, including platinum-based chemotherapies. A major …