Table 1:
Summary of Cancer-on-Chip Studies
No. | Cancer type | Method | Result | Authors | Year | Ref. |
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1. | Breast cancer | Microfluidic 3D in vitro model for breast cancer metastasis to bone | 3D in vitro data on extravasation and micrometastasis generation of breast cancer cells within bone microenvironment | Bersini et al. | 2014 | (51) |
2. | Breast cancer | 3D bone-on-chip for bone metastasis study of breast cancer cells | Unique hallmarks of breast cancer bone in colonization observed, previously only seen in vivo | Hao et al. | 2018 | (50) |
3. | Breast cancer | Disease-on-a-chip model in which cancer grows within phenotypically normal breast luminal epithelium on semicircular acrylic supports | Mimicry of tumor environment provides a framework for the design and test of anti-cancer therapies | Vidi et al. | 2014 | (54) |
4. | Breast cancer | 3D high-throughput microfluidic platform for screening of three triple negative breast cancer lines against several anti-cancer drugs | High-throughput organ on a chip platform to select therapies in personalized medicine | Lanz et al. | 2017 | (12) |
5. | Cancer immune interactions | Organ-on-chip tool to evaluate cancer-immune cell interactions | Quantitative confirmation of the essential role of FPR1 in cancer chemotherapy response | Biselli et al. | 2017 | (60) |
6. | Lung cancer | Multi-organ microfluidic chip mimicking in vivo microenvironment of lung cancer metastasis | Multi-organ system provides useful tool to investigate cell-cell interactions in metastasis | Xu et al. | 2016 | (53) |
7. | Lung | Organ-on-chip model recapitulates orthotopic lung cancer growth and therapeutic response | Discovery of mechanical stimuli dependent TKI therapy resistance | Hassell et al. | 2017 | (52) |
8. | Pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma | Microfluidic 3D platform for culturing pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma cells | Growth characteristics closer to those of cells grown as spheroids than as classical 2 dimensional (2D) in vitro cultures. | Beer et al. | 2017 | (13) |