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ReviewNature materials2022

Next-generation cancer organoids.

Bauer L LeSavage, Riley A Suhar, Nicolas Broguiere, Matthias P Lutolf, Sarah C Heilshorn

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Review in Nature materials, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 263 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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263citing papers in PubMed, 2 pooled it
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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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

263 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.

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  3. Intestinal Organoids Culture in Synthetic Hydrogels.Methods in molecular biology (Clifton, N.J.) · 2027
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  5. Artificial intelligence virtual bone organoids (AIVBOs).Journal of orthopaedic translation · 2026
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  6. Organoids-on-a-Chip: An Integrating New Technology for Drug Development.International journal of molecular sciences · 2026
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  13. Organoid technology in cancer research.Molecular biomedicine · 2026
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203 more citing papers are in PubMed but not listed here.

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

5 authors.

Bauer L LeSavageDepartment of Bioengineering, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-4897-9436
Riley A SuharDepartment of Materials Science and Engineering, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, USA.
Nicolas BroguiereLaboratory of Stem Cell Bioengineering, Institute of Bioengineering, School of Life Sciences and School of Engineering, École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), Lausanne, Switzerland.
Matthias P LutolfLaboratory of Stem Cell Bioengineering, Institute of Bioengineering, School of Life Sciences and School of Engineering, École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), Lausanne, Switzerland.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-5898-305X
Sarah C HeilshornDepartment of Materials Science and Engineering, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, USA. heilshorn@stanford.edu.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-9801-6304

Funding

Regulation of actively proliferating and quiescent intestinal stem cellsU01DK085527 · NIDDK · STANFORD UNIVERSITY · PI KUO, CALVIN J · 2009 to 2023
$6.9M
Intestinal Stem Cell Consortium Coordinating CenterU01DK085532 · NIDDK · BECKMAN RESEARCH INSTITUTE/CITY OF HOPE · PI NILAND, JOYCE CAROL · 2009 to 2018
$6.5M
Graduate Training Program in BiotechnologyT32GM008412 · NIGMS · STANFORD UNIVERSITY · PI COCHRAN, JENNIFER R · 1991 to 2020
$5.5M
Limited Competition for the Continuation of the Intestinal Stem Cell Consortium Coordinating CenterU24DK085532 · NIDDK · BECKMAN RESEARCH INSTITUTE/CITY OF HOPE · PI NILAND, JOYCE CAROL · 2019 to 2023
$2.3M
Engineered biomaterials to modulate cell-cell signaling for the robust expansion of stem cellsR01EB027171 · NIBIB · STANFORD UNIVERSITY · PI HEILSHORN, SARAH C · 2019 to 2022
$1.4M
NIBIB NIH HHS R01 EB027171NIDDK NIH HHS U01 DK085527NIDDK NIH HHS U01 DK085532NIDDK NIH HHS U24 DK085532NIGMS NIH HHS T32 GM008412
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Organotypic models of patient-specific tumours are revolutionizing our understanding of cancer heterogeneity and its implications for personalized medicine. These advancements are, in part, attributed to the ability of organoid models to stably preserve genetic, proteomic, morphological and pharmacotypic features of the parent tumour in vitro, while also offering unprecedented genomic and environmental manipulation. Despite recent innovations in organoid protocols, current techniques for cancer organoid culture are inherently uncontrolled and irreproducible, owing to several non-standardized facets including cancer tissue sources and subsequent processing, medium formulations, and animal-derived three-dimensional matrices. Given the potential for cancer organoids to accurately recapitulate the intra- and intertumoral biological heterogeneity associated with patient-specific cancers, eliminating the undesirable technical variability accompanying cancer organoid culture is necessary to establish reproducible platforms that accelerate translatable insights into patient care. Here we describe the current challenges and recent multidisciplinary advancements and opportunities for standardizing next-generation cancer organoid systems.

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NeoplasmsOrganoidsAnimalsHumansPrecision MedicineProteomics

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PMID34385685
PMCPMC12276900

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