[Clinical correlations of drug sensitivity in the human tumor clonogenic assay--heterogeneity in drug sensitivity of human tumors].
The method of the human tumor clonogenic assay and its clinical correlations have been reported here. True positive rate for predicting of sensitivity to cytostatic drugs has been characteristically low. Results of our studies indicate that discrepancy of in vitro and in vivo results in clinical trials with the tumor clonogenic assay may be due to therapeutic heterogeneity among tumor colony-forming units within a primary tumor and between primary tumor and metastases.
D000970:Antineoplastic Agents / Q000494:pharmacology*; D003110:Colonic Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology; D003114:Colony-Forming Units Assay; D004341:Drug Evaluation / Q000379:methods; D004351:Drug Resistance; D006801:Humans; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology; D012004:Rectal Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology; D013274:Stomach Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology; D014410:Tumor Stem Cell Assay
D000970:Antineoplastic Agents