Of Mice and Melanoma: PDX System for Modeling Personalized Medicine.

Hartsough, Edward J; Aplin, Andrew E · Clin Cancer Res · 2016

basic_science · Level V

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Abstract

Targeted therapies have advanced the treatment options for cutaneous melanoma, but many patients will progress on drug. Patient-derived xenografts (PDX) can be used to recapitulate therapy-resistant tumors. Furthermore, PDX modeling can be utilized in combination with targeted sequencing and phosphoproteomic platforms, providing preclinical basis for second-line targeted inhibitor strategies. See related article by Krepler et al., p. 1592.

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