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ArticleAmerican journal of translational research2015

Combined micro CT and histopathology for evaluation of skeletal metastasis in live animals.

Christopher P Geffre, Erika Pond, Gerald D Pond, Isis C Sroka, Jaime M Gard, Bethany A Skovan, William E Meek, Terry H Landowski, Raymond B Nagle, Anne E Cress

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Article in American journal of translational research, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers.

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8citing papers in PubMed
0.9field-weighted citation impact, top 23% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

8 citing papers in PubMed, 8 citations in OpenAlex.

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  2. Between Prometheus and Thanatos: Reflections on Intracardiac Injection Models for Metastasis in Mice.Journal of the American Association for Laboratory Animal Science : JAALAS · 2025
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  4. Taking a microscale look at symbiotic interactions-and why it matters.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2021
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

10 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Christopher P GeffreDepartment of Pathology, University of Arizona College of Medicine Tucson, AZ 85724, USA.
Erika PondUniversity of Arizona Cancer Center Tucson, AZ 85724, USA.
Gerald D PondDepartment of Medical Imaging, University of Arizona College of Medicine Tucson, AZ 85724, USA.
Isis C SrokaDepartment of Pharmacology, University of Arizona College of Medicine Tucson, AZ 85724, USA.
Jaime M GardUniversity of Arizona Cancer Center Tucson, AZ 85724, USA.
Bethany A SkovanUniversity of Arizona Cancer Center Tucson, AZ 85724, USA.
William E MeekUniversity of Arizona Cancer Center Tucson, AZ 85724, USA.
Terry H LandowskiDepartment of Medicine, University of Arizona College of Medicine Tucson, AZ 85724, USA.
Raymond B NagleDepartment of Pathology, University of Arizona College of Medicine Tucson, AZ 85724, USA.
Anne E CressUniversity of Arizona Cancer Center Tucson, AZ 85724, USA ; Department of Cellular and Molecular Medicine, University of Arizona College of Medicine Tucson, AZ 85724, USA.
University of Arizona · US

Funding

VITAMIN AP30CA023074 · NCI · UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA · PI Dan Theodorescu · 1985 to 2026
$110.2M
MARC/Biomedical Research and Training Program at the University of ArizonaT34GM008718 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA · PI MIRANDA, KATRINA M. · 1999 to 2021
$8.6M
Human Prostate Cancer Metastasis and Laminin Binding IntegrinsR01CA159406 · NCI · UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA · PI CRESS, ANNE E · 2011 to 2015
$1.5M
NCI NIH HHS P30 CA023074NCI NIH HHS R01 CA159406NIGMS NIH HHS T34 GM008718
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Bone is a favored site for solid tumor metastasis, especially among patients with breast, lung or prostate carcinomas. Micro CT is a powerful and inexpensive tool that can be used to investigate tumor progression in xenograft models of human disease. Many previous studies have relied on terminal analysis of harvested bones to document metastatic tumor activity. The current protocol uses live animals and combines sequential micro CT evaluation of lesion development with matched histopathology at the end of the study. The approach allows for both rapid detection and evaluation of bone lesion progression in live animals. Bone resident tumors are established either by direct (intraosseous) or arterial (intracardiac) injection, and lesion development is evaluated for up to eight weeks. This protocol provides a clinically relevant method for investigating bone metastasis progression and the development of osteotropic therapeutic strategies for the treatment of bone metastases.

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Bonehistopathologymetastasismicro CTprostate cancerxenograft

Identifiers

PMID25901201
PMCPMC4399097
OpenAlexW2397866511

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