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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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Associação Brasileira de Divulgação Científica
2013-08-01
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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 |