%0 Journal Article
%T Patient-derived organoids (PDOs) and PDO-derived xenografts (PDOXs): New opportunities in establishing faithful pre-clinical cancer models.
%A Wang E
%A Xiang K
%A Zhang Y
%A Wang XF
%J J Natl Cancer Cent
%V 2
%N 4
%D 2022 Dec
%M 39036550
暂无%R 10.1016/j.jncc.2022.10.001
%X One of the major bottlenecks in advancing basic cancer research and developing novel cancer therapies is the lack of in vitro pre-clinical models that faithfully recapitulate tumor properties in the patients. Monolayer cultures of cancer cell lines usually lose the heterogeneity of the parental tumors, while patient-derived xenograft (PDX) suffers from its time- and resource-intensive nature. The emergence of organoid culture system and its application in cancer research provides a unique opportunity to develop novel in vitro cancer pre-clinical models. Here we review the recent advances in utilizing organoids culture system and other related three-dimensional culture systems in studying cancer biology, performing drug screening, and developing cancer therapies. In particular, we discuss the advantages of applying xenograft initiated from patient-derived organoids (PDOs) as a faithful cancer pre-clinical model in basic cancer research and precision medicine.