Short term culture of breast cancer tissues to study the activity of the anticancer drug taxol in an intact tumor environment

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>Sensitivity of breast tumors to anticancer drugs depends upon dynamic interactions between epithelial tumor cells and their microenvironment including stromal cells and extracellular matrix. To study drug-sensitivity within different...

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Main Authors: Simon Wolfgang, Gerteis Andreas, Gutzeit Susanne, McClellan Monika, Sonnenberg Maike, Mürdter Thomas E, van der Kuip Heiko, Fritz Peter, Aulitzky Walter E
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2006-04-01
Series:BMC Cancer
Online Access:http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2407/6/86