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. 2023 Apr 12;8:160. doi: 10.1038/s41392-023-01419-2

Table 1.

PDX models and biobanks of different cancer types

Reference Cancer type (cancer subtype) Sample number (success rate) Factors contributing to successful PDX engraftment Relationship between successful engraftment and patient prognosis
Hu et al.242 Hepatocellular carcinoma (N/A) 103 (40.6%) Lack of encapsulation, poor tumor differentiation, large size, and overexpression of cancer stem cell biomarkers Independent predictor for overall survival and post-resection tumor recurrence
Shin et al.243 Ovarian cancer (serous, clear, endometrioid, mucinous, MMMT, brenner) 61 (47%) Tumor grade, inflammation- and immune-response-related genes Faster PDX growth rate associated with poor prognosis of ovarian cancer and cervical cancer patients
Cervical and vaginal cancer (squamous, adeno) 29 (64%)
Uterine cancer (endometrioid, serous, clear, carcinosarcoma) 18 (56%)
Pham et al.244 Pancreatic cancers (ductal adenocarcinoma, mucinous adenocarcinoma, squamous, solid pseudopapillary, etc.) 118 (59%) N/A N/A
Duodenal cancers (N/A) 25 (86%)
Biliary ductal cancers (N/A) 17 (35%)
Kawashima et al.245 Acute myeloid leukemia (M0-M6, AML with MRC, tAML from MPN) 105 (66%) N/A Lower event-free survival rate and poor responses to chemotherapy.
Moy et al.246 Esophagogastric cancer (diffuse, mixed, intestinal) 98 (N/A) Metastases, stage IV disease, HER2 expression, intestinal subtype N/A
Jung et al.28 Lung squamous cell carcinoma (N/A) 82 (59%) Tumor engraftment failure was correlated with the preoperative chemotherapy initiation. Poor overall survival or relapse free survival.
Cybula et al.247 High-grade serous ovarian carcinoma (N/A) 33 (77%) N/A Early tumor recurrence.
Peille et al.248 Gastric adenocarcinoma (Intestinal, Diffuse, Mixed) 27 (27%) Intestinal subtype N/A
Ryu et al.249 Breast cancer (HR + /HER2-, HR + /HER2 + , HR-/HER2 + and triple-negative breast cancer) 20 (17.5%) Advanced cancer stages Poor disease-free survival, overall survival, and chemotherapy resistance
Jo et al.250 Lung cancer (small cell lung cancer, non-small-cell lung cancer) 55 (22%) N/A Chemotherapy-resistance
Xu et al.251 Liver cancer (hepatocellular cancer, metastatic liver cancer) 20 (38.5%) TNM stage, lymph node metastasis, peripheral blood CA19-9 level, tumor size. Poor median overall survival in hepatocellular cancer.
Wu et al.252 Malignant pleural mesothelioma (epithelioid, sarcomatoid, biphasic) 20 (40%) N/A Poor survival.
Bonazzi et al.175 Endometrial cancer (carcinosarcoma, endometrioid, mixed endometrioid, and clear cell, etc.) 18 (33%) N/A Shorter disease specific survival.
Strüder et al.253 Head and neck squamous cell carcinoma (N/A) 16 (29%) Engraftment rate was lower and growth delayed for endoscopic biopsies. N/A
Kamili et al.254 Neuroblastoma 9 (64%) Orthotopic inoculation Poor outcome
Miyamoto et al.255 Cervical cancer (Adenocarcinoma, adenosquamous carcinoma, squamous cell carcinoma) 11 (50%) Large tumor size, high serum squamous cell carcinoma antigen and carbohydrate antigen 125 levels, and advanced FIGO stages. Clinically poor prognoses
Schütte et al.173 Colorectal cancer (N/A) 59 (60%) N/A N/A
Tanaka et al.256 Acute lymphoblastic leukemia (B- acute lymphoblastic leukemia, T-acute lymphoblastic leukemia) 57 (93.3%) N/A N/A
Tew et al.257 Central nervous system metastasis (Adenocarcinoma, Squamous cell carcinoma, Invasive ductal carcinoma, etc.) 39 (84.8%) N/A N/A
Chapuy et al.258 Diffuse large B-cell lymphoma (activated B-cell (ABC)-type tumors, germinal B-cell type tumors, and plasmablastic lymphoma) 9 (32%) N/A N/A
Baschnagel et al.259 Small cell lung cancer brain metastases (Adenocarcinoma, sarcomatoid carcinoma) 9 (64%) N/A N/A
Elst et al.260 Advanced penile cancer (Usual, warty-basaloid, sarcomatoid) 11 (61%) N/A N/A
Lilja-Fischer et al.261 Oropharyngeal squamous cell carcinoma (N/A) 12 (35%) N/A N/A
Zhang et al.262 B-cell lymphoma (Mantle cell lymphoma, Burkitt’s lymphoma, Follicular lymphoma, Marginal zone lymphoma, etc.) 16 (N/A) N/A N/A
Chamberlain et al.263 Pancreatic neuroendocrine tumors (N/A) 1 (N/A) N/A N/A
Lin et al.264 Dedifferentiated endometrial carcinoma (N/A) 1 (N/A) N/A N/A