Breast cancer cell lines: friend or foe?
Open Access
- 1 April 2003
- journal article
- review article
- Published by Springer Nature in Breast Cancer Research
- Vol. 5 (2) , 1-7
- https://doi.org/10.1186/bcr577
Abstract
The majority of breast cancer research is conducted using established breast cancer cell lines as in vitro models. An alternative is to use cultures established from primary breast tumours. Here, we discuss the pros and cons of using both of these models in translational breast cancer research.Keywords
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