A spheroid-based 3-D culture model for pancreatic cancer drug testing, using the acid phosphatase assay

Current therapy for pancreatic cancer is multimodal, involving surgery and chemotherapy. However, development of pancreatic cancer therapies requires a thorough evaluation of drug efficacy in vitro before animal testing and subsequent clinical trials. Compared to two-dimensional cultu...

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Main Authors: Z. Wen, Q. Liao, Y. Hu, L. You, L. Zhou, Y. Zhao
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Associação Brasileira de Divulgação Científica 2013-08-01
Series:Brazilian Journal of Medical and Biological Research
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0100-879X2013000700634&lng=en&tlng=en