Patient-derived organoids as a predictive biomarker for treatment response in cancer patients

G Emerens Wensink, Sjoerd G Elias, Jasper Mullenders, Miriam Koopman, Sylvia F Boj, Onno W Kranenburg, Jeanine M L Roodhart

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Abstract

Effective predictive biomarkers are needed to enable personalized medicine and increase treatment efficacy and survival for cancer patients, thereby reducing toxic side effects and treatment costs. Patient-derived organoids (PDOs) enable individualized tumour response testing. Since 2018, 17 publications have examined PDOs as a potential predictive biomarker in the treatment of cancer patients. We review and provide a pooled analysis of the results regarding the use of PDOs in individualized tumour response testing, focusing on evidence for analytical validity, clinical validity and clinical utility. We identify future perspectives to accelerate the implementation of PDOs as a predictive biomarker in the treatment of cancer patients.

Original languageEnglish
Article number30
JournalNPJ precision oncology
Volume5
Issue number1
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 12 Apr 2021

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