Abstract
Cancer is an evolving, dynamic, evasive and heterogeneous disease, characterized by high morbidity and mortality. It is widely acknowledged that the tumor microenvironment plays a fundamental role in cancer development and progression. Despite this, most in vitro cancer models are simple, two-dimensional monocultures of immortalized tumor cell lines. There is an immediate need to develop three-dimensional, multicellular biomimetic in vitro constructs that can model specific stages of tumorigenesis to aid cancer research and drug discovery. This chapter aims to review the latest advances in three-dimensional bioengineered cancer modeling, with particular focus on models that retain the biological and physical characteristics of the in vivo tumor microenvironment.
Original language | English |
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Title of host publication | Comprehensive Biomaterials II |
Editors | Paul Ducheyne, David W. Grainger, Kevin E. Healy, Dietmar W. Hutmacher, C. James Kirkpatrick |
Publisher | Elsevier |
Chapter | 5.17 |
Pages | 303-328 |
Number of pages | 26 |
Volume | 5 |
ISBN (Electronic) | 9780081006924 |
ISBN (Print) | 9780081006917 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 29 May 2017 |
Keywords
- Bioengineering
- Cancer
- Cancer models
- Drug resistance
- Drug screening
- Electrospinning
- Hallmarks of Cancer
- Hydrogels
- In vitro
- Malignancy
- Microfluidics
- Modeling
- Organ-on-a-chip
- Organoids
- Scaffolds
- Spheroids
- Three-dimensional culture
- Tumor microenvironment
- Tumor-on-a-chip
- Tumorigenesis