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ReviewPharmaceutical biology2025

Tumor organoids in cancer medicine: from model systems to natural compound screening.

Rong Cong, Can Lu, Xinying Li, Zhijie Xu, Yaqin Wang, Shusen Sun

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Review in Pharmaceutical biology, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 10 papers.

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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

10 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors.

Rong CongDepartment of General Surgery, Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, China.ORCID 0009-0001-8023-1575
Can LuDepartment of Pathology, National Clinical Research Center for Geriatric Disorders, Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, China.
Xinying LiDepartment of General Surgery, Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, China.
Zhijie XuDepartment of Pathology, National Clinical Research Center for Geriatric Disorders, Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, China.
Yaqin WangClinical Research Center for Reproduction and Genetics in Hunan Province, Reproductive and Genetic Hospital of CITIC-Xiangya, Changsha, China.
Shusen SunCollege of Pharmacy and Health Sciences, Western New England University, Springfield, MA, USA.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

contextThe advent of tissue engineering and biomedical techniques has significantly advanced the development of three-dimensional (3D) cell culture systems, particularly tumor organoids. These self-assembled 3D cell clusters closely replicate the histopathological, genetic, and phenotypic characteristics of primary tissues, making them invaluable tools in cancer research and drug screening.

objectiveThis review addresses the challenges in developing

methodsThis review synthesizes information from major databases, including Chemical Abstracts, Medicinal and Aromatic Plants Abstracts, ScienceDirect, Google Scholar, Scopus, PubMed and Springer Link. Publications were selected without date restrictions, using terms such as 'organoid', 'natural product', 'pharmacological', 'extract', 'nanomaterial' and 'traditional uses'. Articles related to agriculture, ecology, synthetic work or published in languages other than English were excluded. RESULTS AND

conclusionsThe review identifies key challenges related to the efficiency and variability of organoid generation and discusses ongoing efforts to enhance their predictive capabilities in drug screening and personalized medicine. Recent studies utilizing patient-derived organoid models for natural compound screening are highlighted, demonstrating the potential of these models in developing new classes of anticancer agents. The integration of natural products with patient-derived organoid models presents a promising approach for discovering novel anticancer compounds and elucidating their mechanisms of action.

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Antineoplastic AgentsBiological ProductsNeoplasmsOrganoidsAnimalsCell Culture Techniques, Three DimensionalDrug Screening Assays, AntitumorHumansPrecision MedicineTissue EngineeringAntineoplastic AgentsBiological ProductsCancernanomaterialnatural productsorganoids

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PMID39893515
PMCPMC11789228

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