Table 1.
Success rate of CTOS formation, growth in ECM, and passage in vitro
Formation (%) | Growth (%) | Passage (%) | |
OP | 74/75 (98.7) | 30/38 (79.0) | 13/21 (61.9) |
Biopsy | 29/32 (90.6) | 11/20 (55.0) | 7/9 (77.8) |
Xeno | 10/10 (100.0) | 9/10 (90.0) | 4/5 (80.0) |
Total | 113/117 (96.6) | 50/68 (73.5) | 24/35 (68.6) |
OP, surgically removed samples; biopsy, samples from endoscopic biopsy; Xeno, samples from the mouse tumor generated by direct transplantation of OP samples.