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. 2023 Apr 12;11(2):614–632. doi: 10.1016/j.gendis.2023.02.052

Table 2.

Cancer organoid biobanks.

Tumor type Source
Success rate (%) Achievement Rf.
Type Quantity
Breast cancer Ductal adenocarcinoma, lobular adenocarcinoma 100 patients >80 Used for cancer research, drug development, and to assess personalized in vitro drug responses. 14
invasive ductal carcinoma, invasive lobular carcinoma 33 patients 87.5 New protocol for obtaining patient-derived oganoids from breast cancer 197
Bladder Cancer Urothelial carcinoma Squamous-cell carcinoma 16 patients 70 In vitro model of tumor evolution and therapeutic response to precision cancer medicine. 198
Primary tumor 50 patients 50 Bladder organoids biobank for drug testing in the future. 16
Colorectal cancer Primary tumor 20 patients 90 Tumor organoids may fill the gap between cancer genetics and patient trials for drug research as well as personalized therapy. 17
Primary tumor 43 patients 100 Functional links between genetic alterations, niche requirements and biological phenotypes of tumors, providing a multifunctional platform for biomedical research. 18
Metastases 14 patients 71 Personalized screening tool using patient-derived tumor organoids. 37
Esophageal cancer Oesophageal squamous- cell carcinoma, Oropharyngeal squamous- cell
carcinoma
21 patients 71.4 Platform to analyze cancer cell heterogeneity, assess personalized drug treatment response and treatment resistance. 110
Gastric cancer Normal, dysplastic, cancer, and lymph node metastases 34 patients >50 (tumor)/>90 (normal) Identified potential targeted drugs to guide patient drug selection. 199
Glioblastoma IDH1 mutant tumors, recurrent tumors 53 patients 91.4 The establishment a large cohort of unique organoids and patient-derived orthotopic xenografts of various glioma subtypes. 24
IDH1 mutant IV glioblastoma (GBM), IDH1 mutant II-III gliomas 173 patients 79/68 The establishment a large cohort of unique organoids and patient-derived orthotopic xenografts of various glioma subtypes 117
Head and neck squamous cell carcinoma Primary tumor 40 patients 65 Comparison of organoids with normal epithelium applied to in vitro drug screening. 25
Kidney cancer Wilms tumors, malignant rhabdoid tumors (MRTK), renal cell carcinomas (RCC), and congenital mesoblastic nephromas 50 children 100(normal)/75 (Wilms tumors)/100(MRTK)/75(RCC) Captures heterogeneity of pediatric renal tumors; well-characterized model for basic cancer research, drug screening and personalized medicine. 27
Lung cancer Non-small cell lung cancer 14 patients 71.43 A living biobank of patient-derived organoids from non-small cell lung cancer patients was established. 200
adenocarcinoma, squamous cell carcinoma, adenosquamous carcinoma, large cell carcinoma, and small cell carcinoma 36 patients 87 Successfully construct biobank of lung cancer organoids 30
Liver cancer Hepatocellular carcinoma 10 patients 26 Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) organoids generated from needle biopsies of patients with liver cancer; response to sorafenib treatment. 201
ovarian cancer Borderline tumors,
Clear-cell carcinoma,
Endometrioid carcinoma,
Mucinous carcinoma,
Serous carcinoma
32 patients 65 Ovarian cancer organoids can be used for drug-screening assays and different tumor subtype responses to platinum-based chemotherapy. 32
Pancreatic cancer Ductal adenocarcinoma (primary tumor and Metastases) 138 patients 75 Predict drug responses in pancreatic cancer patients and provide a rational for prioritizing therapeutic regimens. 202
pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC) 39 patients / Revealed functional heterogeneity in Wnt niche independence in PDAC. 203
Intraductal papillary mucinous neoplasms (IPMNs) 8 patients / Potential drivers of IPMN tumor development were identified. 104
Intraductal papillary mucinous neoplasms (IPMNs) 15 patients 81(tumor)/87(normal) The mechanism of IPMN invasion was revealed. 105
Prostate Cancer Adenocarcinoma metastases
Circulating tumor cells
7 patients 15–20 Recapitulated the molecular diversity of prostate cancer subtypes, providing an in vitro model for understanding disease pathogenesis and response to therapy. 13
Neuroendocrine tumors Gastroenteropancreatic (GEP) neuroendocrine neoplasm (NEN) 39 patients / Understanding of GEP-NEN and its genetic and biological phenotypes. 204