Table 2.
Characteristics of human tumor samples used in the study
| Sample | Age | Lymph node | Pathological Status | Histological grade | Tumor size (cm) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| T1 | 50 | no info | no info | no info | no info |
| T2 | 46 | negative | IIA | invasive mammary carcinoma, ductal | 3.8 |
| T3 | 67 | negative | IIA | invasive ductal carcinoma | 2.8* |
| T4 | 42 | positive | IIIA | invasive mammary carcinoma, ductal | 5.4 |
| T5 | 58 | positive | IIB | mammary carcinoma ductal | 3.5 |
| T6 | 50 | negative | IIA | invasive mammary carcinoma, ductal | 3.1 |
| T7 | 68 | positive | IIB | invasive ductal carcinoma | 4.0 |
| T8 | 44 | positive | IIIB | invasive metaplastic carcinoma | 8.5** |
| T9 | 77 | negative | IIA | invasive mammary carcinoma, ductal | 3.5 |
African American (AA) triple negative (TN) breast tumor patients and sample (T1-T9) characteristics. PDX1 and PDX2 were generated using T3 (*) and T8 (**) samples respectively.