Drug sensitivity testing of human breast cancer.
A survey of drug sensitivity testing of human breast cancer is given. The purpose of sensitivity testing, the tumour material studied, and the various in vivo and in vitro assays that are being used are discussed. Moreover, examples of results obtained are presented.
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Norwegian Radium Hospital, Oslo, Norway.
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D000818:Animals; D001943:Breast Neoplasms / Q000188:drug therapy*; D004354:Drug Screening Assays, Antitumor / Q000379:methods*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D051379:Mice; D008819:Mice, Nude; D009368:Neoplasm Transplantation; D014407:Tumor Cells, Cultured; D014410:Tumor Stem Cell Assay