Organoides de condrosarcoma revelan activación de la vía SHH impulsada por alteraciones en PTCH1 y BCOR

Haruna Takami1,2, Keiichi Yoshida3, Yukiko Matsuoka3

  • 1Department of Musculoskeletal Oncology Service, Osaka International Cancer Institute, 3-1-69 Otemae, Chuo-ku, Osaka, 541-8567, Japan.

Scientific reports
|December 19, 2025
PubMed
Resumen

Desarrollamos modelos de organoides derivados de pacientes (PDO) para el condrosarcoma, un cáncer de hueso raro. Estos modelos reflejan con precisión los tumores de los pacientes y son prometedores para probar terapias dirigidas como el vismodegib.

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