Table 3.
Predictive factors for successful engraftment of PDX tumor
| Engraftment of 1st-generation mice (X1) | p value | Achievement of serial passages to 3rd-generation mice (X3) | p value | Engraftment of 1st-generation mice (X1) | p value | Achievement of serial passages to 3rd-generation mice (X3) | p value | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Success | Failure | Success | Failure | Success | Failure | Success | Failure | ||||||
| Patient gender | n = 12 | n = 12 | c-myc gain | n = 10 | n = 10 | ||||||||
| Male | 5 | 1 | 1.00 | 3 | 3 | 1.00 | High gain | 6 | 1 | 1.00 | 5 | 2 | 0.500 |
| Female | 5 | 1 | 3 | 3 | Low gain | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||||
| Age | n = 12 | n = 12 | GNAQ | n = 10 | n = 10 | ||||||||
| ≥60 | 4 | 2 | 0.454 | 2 | 4 | 0.567 | Positive | 4 | 0 | 1.00 | 3 | 1 | 0.571 |
| <60 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 2 | Negative | 5 | 1 | 3 | 3 | ||||
| Tumor sample | n = 12 | n = 12 | GNA11 | n = 10 | n = 10 | ||||||||
| Surgery | 2 | 0 | 1.00 | 1 | 1 | 1.00 | Positive | 3 | 0 | 1.00 | 2 | 1 | 1.00 |
| Biopsy | 8 | 2 | 5 | 5 | Negative | 6 | 1 | 4 | 3 | ||||
| Pigmentation | n = 12 | n = 12 | BAP1 | n = 10 | n = 10 | ||||||||
| None | 4 | 1 | 1.00 | 3 | 2 | 1.00 | Positive | 5 | 0 | 1.00 | 4 | 1 | 0.528 |
| Pigments | 6 | 1 | 3 | 4 | Negative | 4 | 1 | 2 | 3 | ||||
| Ki67 (%) | n = 11 | n = 11 | SF3B1 | n = 10 | n = 10 | ||||||||
| ≥10 | 6 | 0 | 0.455 | 6 | 0 | 0.002 | Positive | 1 | 1 | 0.200 | 0 | 2 | 0.133 |
| <10 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 5 | Negative | 8 | 0 | 6 | 2 | ||||
| Monosomy 3 | n = 10 | n = 10 | EIF1AX | n = 10 | n = 10 | ||||||||
| Positive | 7 | 1 | 0.378 | 6 | 2 | 0.133 | Positive | 0 | 0 | 1.00 | 0 | 0 | 1.00 |
| Negative | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | Negative | 9 | 1 | 6 | 4 | ||||
Large 4 copies, Small 3 copies or partial 4 copies