Abstract：
:Modelling human colon cancer has long been the ambition of researchers and oncologists with the aim to better replicate disease progression and treatment response. Advances in our understanding of genetics, stem cell biology, tumour microenvironment and immunology have prepared the groundwork for recent major advances. In the last two years the field has seen the progression of: using patient derived organoids (alone and in co-culture) as predictors of treatment response; molecular stratification of tumours that predict outcome and treatment response; mouse models of metastatic disease; and transplant models that can be used to de-risk clinical trials. We will discuss these advances in this review.
journal_name
Curr Opin Genet Devjournal_title
Current opinion in genetics & developmentauthors
Lannagan TR,Jackstadt R,Leedham SJ,Sansom OJdoi
10.1016/j.gde.2020.12.003subject
Has Abstractpub_date
2021-01-07 00:00:00pages
50-56eissn
0959-437Xissn
1879-0380pii
S0959-437X(20)30167-2journal_volume
66pub_type
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