Human tumour clonogenicity in agar is improved by cell-free ascites.

Replacement of enriched CMRL 1066 medium by cell-free ascites from tumour patients in the human tumour clonogenic assay described by Hamburger and Salmon (1977) increased plating efficiency for ovarian cancer cells by a median of 8-fold (range 0.4-1012 fold). In 40 experiments, two cases had a lower...

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Main Authors: Uitendaal, M. P., Hubers, H. A., McVie, J. G., Pinedo, H. M.
Format: Online
Language:English
Published: 1983
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2011406/