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Patient Derived Tumor Xenograft Models: Promise, Potential and Practice (Paperback)

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By Rajesh Uthamanthil (Editor), Peggy Tinkey (Editor), Elisa de Stanchina (Editor)
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Patient Derived Tumor Xenograft Models: Promise, Potential and Practice offers guidance on how to conduct PDX modeling and trials, including how to know when these models are appropriate for use, and how the data should be interpreted through the selection of immunodeficient strains.

In addition, proper methodologies suitable for growing different type of tumors, acquisition of pathology, genomic and other data about the tumor, potential pitfalls, and confounding background pathologies that occur in these models are also included, as is a discussion of the facilities and infrastructure required to operate a PDX laboratory.


Product Details
ISBN: 9780128040102
ISBN-10: 0128040106
Publisher: Academic Press
Publication Date: October 25th, 2016
Pages: 486
Language: English