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. 1987 Sep;56(3):309–314. doi: 10.1038/bjc.1987.194

Deriving cell survival curves from the overall responses of irradiated tumours: analysis of published data for tumour spheroids.

J V Moore 1, C M West 1, J H Hendry 1
PMCID: PMC2002203  PMID: 3663479

Abstract

Curves of growth delay (GD) or 'cure' after graded doses of radiation have been analysed for 16 lines of human and animal tumours grown as multicellular spheroids in vitro. Dose-survival curves were derived for those cellular units from which spheroids regrow after unsuccessful irradiation (spheroid-regenerating cellular units, SRU). For 10 sets of data from 6 spheroid lines, the Do's and extrapolation numbers of the SRU derived by GD could be compared with the response of the clonogenic cells of the spheroids. For Do, a good correlation (r = 0.910) was found between the two; this was true also for Do derived from curves of spheroid 'cure' (7 sets of data from 6 spheroid lines) and clonogenic cells (r = 0.986). Using GD, the correlation of extrapolation numbers was less good (r = 0.682), the values for SRU commonly being higher than those for clonogenic cells. This may reflect features of the growth curves of spheroids after the lower range of doses of radiation. For human and animal tumour spheroids of 250 microns or less, derived Do ranged from 0.5 to 2.5 Gy. For spheroids of 350 microns or more, derived Do for animal tumour lines ranged from 3.4 to 4.2 Gy, for human lines from 1.5 to 2.1 Gy.

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