Establishment of a patient-derived orthotopic Xenograft (PDOX) model of HER-2-positive cervical cancer expressing the clinical metastatic pattern.

Squamous cell carcinoma of the cervix, highly prevalent in the developing world, is often metastatic and treatment resistant with no standard treatment protocol. Our laboratory pioneered the patient-derived orthotopic xenograft (PDOX) nude mouse model with the technique of surgical orthotopic implan...

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Main Authors: Yukihiko Hiroshima, Yong Zhang, Nan Zhang, Ali Maawy, Sumiyuki Mii, Mako Yamamoto, Fuminari Uehara, Shinji Miwa, Shuya Yano, Takashi Murakami, Masashi Momiyama, Takashi Chishima, Kuniya Tanaka, Yasushi Ichikawa, Michael Bouvet, Takuya Murata, Itaru Endo, Robert M Hoffman
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2015-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4331082?pdf=render