An In Vitro Chemosensitivity Test against Canine Mammary gland Tumors Using Collagen Gel Droplet Embedded Cultures

Accession number;04A0543126
Title;An In Vitro Chemosensitivity Test against Canine Mammary gland Tumors Using Collagen Gel Droplet Embedded Cultures
Author; KITAGAWA HITOSHI (Gifu Univ., JPN) OBA YASUNORI (Gifu Univ., JPN) WATANABE KAZUHIRO (Gifu Univ., JPN) FUKATA TSUNEO (Gifu Univ., JPN) TAKANO TOSHIKAZU (Nitta Gelatine Inc., JPN) KOBAYASHI HISAYUKI (Nitta Gelatine Inc., JPN) KITO KATSUYA (Gifu Univ., JPN) YAMAZOE KAZUAKI (Gifu Univ., JPN)
Journal Title;Journal of the Japan Veterinary Medical Association
Journal Code:Y0220A
ISSN:0446-6454
VOL.57;NO.7;PAGE.441-445(2004)
Figure&Table&Reference;FIG.4, TBL.1, REF.9
Pub. Country;Japan
Language;Japanese
Abstract;Our basic study on the usefulness of the collagen gel droplet embedded culture drug-sensitivity test (CD-DST) showed that canine mammarygland tumor cells can be cultured well in collagen gel droplets. With this method, we employed five kinds of anticancer drugs-adriamycm, 4OH-cyclophosphamide, vincristine, 5-fluorouracil, and predonisolone-against tumor cells. An image-analysis system was used to analyze their in vitro anticancer activities. We found that anti-cancer drug efficacy against canine mammary gland tumors differed from dog to dog. The CD-DST method can be applied to canine tumors and may be an index for so-called custum-made therapy. (author abst.)