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Patient-derived tumor organoids show promise for personalized treatment

Dec. 21, 2023
By Tamra Sami
Metastatic colorectal cancer remains the second leading cause of cancer-related mortality globally, but treatment options are generally limited to RAS mutation status for anti-EGFR therapies. Researchers at the Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research (WEHI) in Melbourne developed a method to grow organoids from patient-derived tumor samples that achieved 83% accuracy in predicting patient responses to different therapies.
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