Differences in chemosensitivity between primary and metastatic tumors in colorectal cancer.

PURPOSE: We retrospectively evaluated the in vitro chemosensitivity of primary site and metastatic site tumors in colorectal cancer. METHODS: Various resected tumor samples (33 from lymph nodes, 42 from liver, six from lung, and 68 primary tumors) were assessed via a collagen gel droplet-embedded cu...

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Main Authors: Katsushi Takebayashi, Eiji Mekata, Hiromichi Sonoda, Tomoharu Shimizu, Hisanori Shiomi, Shigeyuki Naka, Yoshihiro Endo, Tohru Tani
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2013-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3756023?pdf=render