Essays about: "FMCA"

Found 4 essays containing the word FMCA.

  1. 1. Patient-derived organoid culture for 3D culture of colorectal cancer, renal cancer and osteosarcoma

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för kvinnors och barns hälsa

    Author : Seiko Johansson; [2019]
    Keywords : FMCA; Anticancer drugs; Survival index; BME-gel; VEGF;

    Abstract : It is always important to choose appropriate anticancer drugs for cancer patients. At RCL, a division of Uppsala university hospital, drug resistance profiles of patients are evaluated by a cell viability assay called FMCA. READ MORE

  3. 2. REPLICATING THE TUMOUR MICROENVIRONMENT:CHEMOSENSITIVITY TESTING IN FIBROBLAST COCULTURES

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för kvinnors och barns hälsa

    Author : Alexandra Ask; [2017]
    Keywords : Drug resistance; chemotherapy; lung carcinoma; colorectal cancer; FMCA;

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  4. 3. Methodological aspects within the FMCA-method : do incubation time and the amount of tumor cells influence the antitumoral effect?

    University essay from Institutionen för medicinsk biokemi och mikrobiologi

    Author : Johanna Svensson; [2008]
    Keywords : Fluorometric microculture cytotoxicity assay; Cytotoxic effect; Drug decay; Chemotherapy; Tumor cell concentration;

    Abstract : ABSTRACT Chemotherapy is a common method used for cancer treatment. Especially when it concerns cancers that have grown invasively it seems to be the only efficient treatment due to the substances ability to reach and affect almost the entire body. READ MORE

  5. 4. Do the new signal transduction modulators have activity in vitro in tumor cells from ovarian carcinoma and lymphoma?

    University essay from Institutionen för medicinsk biokemi och mikrobiologi

    Author : Desiré Lundin; [2005]
    Keywords : Anticancer drug development; ovarian carcinoma; lymphoma; FMCA; cytotoxic drugs; in vitro assay;

    Abstract : During the last decades, chemotherapy with cytotoxic drugs has played a significant role in cancer therapy. It’s important to develop new anticancer drugs, and drug sensitivity testing in vitro can be used to find the right diagnosis for the newly developed substances. READ MORE