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PCAT: an integrated portal for genomic and preclinical testing data of pediatric cancer patient-derived xenograft models.
Nucleic acids research - 8 Jan 2021
Yang Juechen, Li Qilin, Noureen Nighat, Fang Yanbing, Kurmasheva Raushan, Houghton Peter J, Wang Xiaojing, Zheng Siyuan
Abstract excerpt
Although cancer is the leading cause of disease-related mortality in children, the relative rarity of pediatric cancers poses a significant challenge for developing novel therapeutics to further improve prognosis. Patient-derived xenograft (PDX) models, which are usually developed from high-risk tumors, are a useful platform to study molecular driver events, identify biomarkers and prioritize therapeutic agents....
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