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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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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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author | Burdall, Sarah E Hanby, Andrew M Lansdown, Mark RJ Speirs, Valerie |
author_facet | Burdall, Sarah E Hanby, Andrew M Lansdown, Mark RJ Speirs, Valerie |
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description | 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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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 |
spellingShingle | Review 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? |
title_sort | breast cancer cell lines: friend or foe? |
topic | Review |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC154155/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/12631387 |
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