Can Decellularised Prostate Tissue Be Used to Model Tumour Malignancy?

Norman J Maitland

doi:10.1016/j.euf.2016.05.001

Can Decellularised Prostate Tissue Be Used to Model Tumour Malignancy?

Eur Urol Focus. 2016 Oct;2(4):409-411. doi: 10.1016/j.euf.2016.05.001. Epub 2016 May 18.

Author

Norman J Maitland¹

Affiliation

¹ Cancer Research Unit, University of York, York, UK. Electronic address: n.j.maitland@york.ac.uk.

PMID: 28723473
DOI: 10.1016/j.euf.2016.05.001

Abstract

This editorial discusses how feasible it will be to predict the invasive capacity of human prostate cancers by measuring their invasion into decellularised extracellular matrix and stresses the multiple factors that affect local metastasis, including immune and stromal cells.

Publication types

Editorial