Abstract 42P
Patient-derived xenograft (PDX), a cancer stem cell (CSC)-derived in vivo model, is an accepted model of choice for preclinical and translational research due to its proven predictive power. Patient-derived cancer organoids (PDOs), also CSC-derived 3D culture of carcinoma with defined structures, harbor carcinoma’s multicellular components and mimics cancer lesion structures/heterogeneity, both genomicly and histopathologically. PDO was first described by Hans Clevers Lab and proven to be a predictive model for preclinical research, similar to PDX.