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The need for complex 3D culture models to unravel novel pathways and identify accurate biomarkers in breast cancer.

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The three-dimensional culture models currently being used or recently developed for the study of normal mammary epithelial cells and breast cancer, including primary tumors and dormancy are discussed.
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This article is published in Advanced Drug Delivery Reviews.The article was published on 2014-04-20 and is currently open access. It has received 305 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Breast cancer.

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The extracellular matrix modulates the hallmarks of cancer

TL;DR: It is suggested that the success of cancer prevention and therapy programs requires an intimate understanding of the reciprocal feedback between the evolving extracellular matrix, the tumor cells and its cancer‐associated cellular stroma.
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Comparison of 2D- and 3D-culture models as drug-testing platforms in breast cancer

TL;DR: 3D- Cultured cells forming dense MCSs may be better than 2D-cultured cells in simulating important tumor characteristics in vivo, namely hypoxia, dormancy, anti-apoptotic features and their resulting drug resistance.
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Normal and tumor-derived myoepithelial cells differ in their ability to interact withluminal breast epithelial cells for polarity and basement membrane deposition

TL;DR: Gudjonsson et al. as discussed by the authors showed that normal and tumor-derived myoepithelial cells differ in their ability to interact with luminal breast epithelial cells for polarity and basement membrane deposition.
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Three‑dimensional cell culture: A powerful tool in tumor research and drug discovery (Review)

TL;DR: 3D cell culture provides a useful platform for further identifying the biological characteristics of tumor cells, particularly in the drug sensitivity area of the key points of translational medicine.
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Tumor-Derived Cell Lines as Molecular Models of Cancer Pharmacogenomics

TL;DR: A review of the recent work that has compared -omic profiles of cell lines with primary tumors, and discusses the advantages and disadvantages of cancer cell lines as pharmacogenomic models of anticancer therapies.
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Comprehensive molecular portraits of human breast tumours

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The Cancer Cell Line Encyclopedia enables predictive modelling of anticancer drug sensitivity

TL;DR: The results indicate that large, annotated cell-line collections may help to enable preclinical stratification schemata for anticancer agents and the generation of genetic predictions of drug response in the preclinical setting and their incorporation into cancer clinical trial design could speed the emergence of ‘personalized’ therapeutic regimens.
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Targeting the DNA repair defect in BRCA mutant cells as a therapeutic strategy

TL;DR: BRCA1 or BRCA2 dysfunction unexpectedly and profoundly sensitizes cells to the inhibition of PARP enzymatic activity, resulting in chromosomal instability, cell cycle arrest and subsequent apoptosis, illustrating how different pathways cooperate to repair damage.
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Fibroblasts in cancer

TL;DR: Fibroblasts are a key determinant in the malignant progression of cancer and represent an important target for cancer therapies.
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Tensional homeostasis and the malignant phenotype.

TL;DR: It is found that tumors are rigid because they have a stiff stroma and elevated Rho-dependent cytoskeletal tension that drives focal adhesions, disrupts adherens junctions, perturbs tissue polarity, enhances growth, and hinders lumen formation.
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