title: Experiences with the human tumor colony-forming assay in gynecologic malignancies.
abstract: Tumor samples from 74 patients with gynecologic malignancies including breast cancer were processed in a soft agar colony-forming assay. None of the samples resulted in a pure single cell suspension. Of the 10 samples meeting our criteria of evaluability for chemosensitivity testing, only 5 samples showed in vitro sensitivity to any drug. Of the 3 evaluable correlations between in vitro and in vivo results, 2 were correct. Due to the low rate of evaluable samples the assay has only limited value in the assignment of chemotherapeutic drugs for patients treated at our institution.
mesh_terms: D000970:Antineoplastic Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D003114:Colony-Forming Units Assay; D005069:Evaluation Studies as Topic; D005260:Female; D005833:Genital Neoplasms, Female / Q000628:therapy*; D006801:Humans; D014410:Tumor Stem Cell Assay
chemical_list: D000970:Antineoplastic Agents