Preclinical three‐dimensional colorectal cancer model: The next generation of in vitro drug efficacy evaluation
Open Access
- 13 September 2018
- journal article
- review article
- Published by Wiley in Journal of Cellular Physiology
- Vol. 234 (1), 181-191
- https://doi.org/10.1002/jcp.26812
Abstract
Colorectal cancer (CRC), the third most common cancer diagnosed in both men and women in the United States, shows a highly ineffective therapeutic management. In these years neither substantial improvements nor new therapeutic approaches have been provided to patients. Performing the early lead discovery phases of new cancer drugs in cellular models, resembling as far as possible the real in vivo tumor environment, may be more effective in predicting their future success in the later clinical phases. In this review, we critically describe the most representative bioengineered models for anticancer drug screening in CRC from the conventional two‐dimensional models to the new‐generation three‐dimensional scaffold‐based ones. The scaffold aims to replace the extracellular matrix, thus influencing the biomechanical, biochemical, and biological properties of cells and tissues. In this scenario, we believe that reconstitution of tumor condition is mandatory for an alternative in vitro methods to study cancer development and therapeutic strategies.Keywords
Funding Information
- Associazione Italiana per la Ricerca sul Cancro (19104, 19486)
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