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ReviewCells2020

Current and Future Perspectives of the Use of Organoids in Radiobiology.

Peter W Nagle, Robert P Coppes

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Review in Cells, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 24 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
24citing papers in PubMed
2.0field-weighted citation impact, top 11% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

24 citing papers in PubMed, 33 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Beyond DNA damage: 3D tumor models and the integrin mechanobiology of radioresistance.Journal of experimental & clinical cancer research : CR · 2026
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  2. Relative biological effectiveness and neural stem cell fate in carbon ion-irradiated human brain organoids.Radiotherapy and oncology : journal of the European Society for Therapeutic Radiology and Oncology · 2026
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  5. Effect of FLASH proton therapy on primary bronchial epithelial cell organoids.Clinical and translational radiation oncology · 2025
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  19. Intestinal Epithelial Regeneration in Response to Ionizing Irradiation.Journal of visualized experiments : JoVE · 2022
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Peter W NagleCancer Research UK Edinburgh Centre, MRC Institute of Genetics and Molecular Medicine, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh EH4 2XR, UK.ORCID 0000-0001-6150-2571
Robert P CoppesDepartment of Biomedical Sciences of Cells & Systems, University Medical Center Groningen, University of Groningen, Groningen, 9700 RB Groningen, The Netherlands.ORCID 0000-0001-5503-1064
Edinburgh Cancer Research · GBUniversity Medical Center Groningen · NL

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The majority of cancer patients will be treated with radiotherapy, either alone or together with chemotherapy and/or surgery. Optimising the balance between tumour control and the probability of normal tissue side effects is the primary goal of radiation treatment. Therefore, it is imperative to understand the effects that irradiation will have on both normal and cancer tissue. The more classical lab models of immortal cell lines and in vivo animal models have been fundamental to radiobiological studies to date. However, each of these comes with their own limitations and new complementary models are required to fill the gaps left by these traditional models. In this review, we discuss how organoids, three-dimensional tissue-resembling structures derived from tissue-resident, embryonic or induced pluripotent stem cells, overcome the limitations of these models and thus have a growing importance in the field of radiation biology research. The roles of organoids in understanding radiation-induced tissue responses and in moving towards precision medicine are examined. Finally, the limitations of organoids in radiobiology and the steps being made to overcome these limitations are considered.

Indexed as

AnimalsAntineoplastic AgentsHumansModels, BiologicalNeoplasmsOrganoidsPrecision MedicineStem CellsTissue ScaffoldsAntineoplastic AgentsorganoidsRadiationradiobiologystem/progenitor cells

Identifiers

PMID33317153
PMCPMC7764598
OpenAlexW3111572243

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