[Methods for investigation and estimation of individual chemosensitivity of tumors (review)]

A review of the current methods for the estimation of tumor sensitivity to antiblastomic drugs is presented. Methods for the in vitro and in vivo cultivation of tumor cells are discussed. Among them the following methods are reviewed: the method for the cultivation of tumor heterotransplants in diffusion chambers and its various modifications, the method for the cultivation of human tumors under the kidney capsule, the method for the cell cultivation in primary short-term suspensions, the methods using enriched media, the methods for the cell cultivation on acetate cellulose fibres, in monolayers, etc.