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ArticleAdvanced biosystems2017

Embedded Spheroids as Models of the Cancer Microenvironment.

Kristie M Tevis, Yolonda L Colson, Mark W Grinstaff

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Article in Advanced biosystems, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 47 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

47 citing papers in PubMed.

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  17. Cellulose nanofibril matrix drives the dynamic formation of spheroids.Journal of Zhejiang University. Science. B · 2023
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors.

Kristie M TevisDepartments of Biomedical Engineering, Chemistry, and Medicine, Metcalf Center for Science and Engineering, Boston University, Boston, MA 02215.
Yolonda L ColsonDivision of Thoracic Surgery, Department of Surgery, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA 02215.
Mark W GrinstaffDepartments of Biomedical Engineering, Chemistry, and Medicine, Metcalf Center for Science and Engineering, Boston University, Boston, MA 02215.

Funding

Translational Research in BiomaterialsT32EB006359 · NIBIB · BOSTON UNIVERSITY (CHARLES RIVER CAMPUS) · PI MARK W. GRINSTAFF, Michelle H Teplensky · 2009 to 2026
$4.2M
Efficacy and Safety of a Novel, Implantable Drug-eluting Film in SarcomaR01EB017722 · NIBIB · MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL · PI COLSON, YOLONDA L, GRINSTAFF, MARK W. · 2016 to 2019
$1.7M
NIBIB NIH HHS R01 EB017722NIBIB NIH HHS T32 EB006359
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

To more accurately study the complex mechanisms behind cancer invasion, progression, and response to treatment, researchers require models that replicate both the multicellular nature and 3D stromal environment present in an

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aggregatescancercell clustersmulticellularspheroidstumoroids

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PMID30221187
PMCPMC6135264

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