Tumor ‘Organoids’ May Speed Cancer Treatment



A new approach to treat recurring, hard-to-treat cancers has been attempted. This approach entails collecting cancer cells from patients and growing them into 3-D mini tumors in order to screen potential drugs as treatments for ultra-rare cancers. Soragni, a UCLA cancer biologist, pitched the idea of using past combinations of therapies in order to figure out the treatments for the rare cancers that don’t have a standard care yet. For patients responding well to regular chemotherapy, this approach could be used as a backup plan, but for patients running out of options, this approach could point to new treatments. It also makes finding treatments safer for patients because the cancer drugs are tested on cancer cells outside the body first. I find this very exciting because we are still making such huge strides in the medical field and specifically cancer. This gives people hope that cancer will diminish in the future and won’t be a threat to humanity anymore.   


Tumor 'organoids'

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  1. AnonymousDecember 18, 2018 at 9:26 AM

    Its really cool to see that scientist have come up with some ideas to help stop the spread of cancer cells in rarer cases. Hopefully this will lead to new revelations to make cancer as meaningless as a common cold

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  2. AnonymousJanuary 7, 2019 at 2:39 PM

    I think that this is a great discovery that will definitely impact the future for curing cancer. I also agree that it will give people hope because cancer is a super tough thing to go through.

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  3. AnonymousJanuary 7, 2019 at 5:46 PM

    I think this will for sure impact the cancer society and maybe start giving people hope with these new developments.

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