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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2008 Aug 1.
Published in final edited form as: Oral Oncol. 2006 Nov 16;43(7):701–712. doi: 10.1016/j.oraloncology.2006.09.001

Table 3.

Success rate of HNSCC cell line establishment by source of tumor specimens

Source No. of specimens Cell lines established % Success % of Total
Primary Tumor 152 39 25.7 75.0
Recurrence 44 13 29.6 25.0
Metastasis 3
0
0
0.0
199 52 26.1