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Production, Characterization and Potential Uses of a 3D Tissue-engineered Human Esophageal Mucosal Model
Published on: May 18, 2015
Animal Model: Xenograft Mouse Models in Esophageal Adenocarcinoma
Md Sazzad Hassan1,2, Urs von Holzen3,4,5,6
1Department of Surgery, Indiana University School of Medicine, South Bend, IN, USA.
Abstract:
Researchers often use murine models of esophageal cancer to evaluate novel therapies prior to clinical protocol treatment. Subcutaneous xenograft models are often used for testing the efficacy of anticancer agents in many cancers including esophageal adenocarcinoma. However, mice subcutaneous esophageal adenocarcinoma models only represent local tumor growth and do not provide any information about a survival benefit for a particular anticancer regimen, which is very crucial for experimental treatment efficacy. In addition, anticancer agents may well inhibit subcutaneous tumor growth without effecting overall animal survival. Herein, we describe a peritoneal dissemination mouse xenograft model for survival outcome analysis with intraperitoneal injection of human esophageal adenocarcinoma cell lines.
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