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Breast cancer cell lines: friend or foe?

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.

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Autores principales: Burdall, Sarah E, Hanby, Andrew M, Lansdown, Mark RJ, Speirs, Valerie
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2003
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC154155/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/12631387
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spelling pubmed-1541552003-05-06 Breast cancer cell lines: friend or foe? Burdall, Sarah E Hanby, Andrew M Lansdown, Mark RJ Speirs, Valerie Breast Cancer Res Review 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. BioMed Central 2003 2003-02-03 /pmc/articles/PMC154155/ /pubmed/12631387 Text en Copyright © 2003 BioMed Central Ltd
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Burdall, Sarah E
Hanby, Andrew M
Lansdown, Mark RJ
Speirs, Valerie
Breast cancer cell lines: friend or foe?
title Breast cancer cell lines: friend or foe?
title_full Breast cancer cell lines: friend or foe?
title_fullStr Breast cancer cell lines: friend or foe?
title_full_unstemmed Breast cancer cell lines: friend or foe?
title_short Breast cancer cell lines: friend or foe?
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC154155/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/12631387
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