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Breast cancer cell lines: friend or foe?
Sarah E Burdall1, Andrew M Hanby, Mark R J Lansdown
1Molecular Medicine Unit, University of Leeds, Leeds, UK.
Breast Cancer Research : BCR
|March 13, 2003
Abstract:
The majority of breast cancer research is conducted using established breast cancer cell lines as in vitro models. An alternative is to use cultures established from primary breast tumours. Here, we discuss the pros and cons of using both of these models in translational breast cancer research.