A novel 3-D mineralized tumor model to study breast cancer bone metastasis.

Metastatic bone disease is a frequent cause of morbidity in patients with advanced breast cancer, but the role of the bone mineral hydroxyapatite (HA) in this process remains unclear. We have developed a novel mineralized 3-D tumor model and have employed this culture system to systematically invest...

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Main Authors: Siddharth P Pathi, Christine Kowalczewski, Ramya Tadipatri, Claudia Fischbach
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2010-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC2809751?pdf=render