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- Title
Bladder cancer: therapeutic challenges and role of 3D cell culture systems in the screening of novel cancer therapeutics.
- Authors
Farouk, Sameh M.; Khafaga, Asmaa F.; Abdellatif, Ahmed M.
- Abstract
Bladder cancer (BC) is the sixth most common worldwide urologic malignancy associated with elevated morbidity and mortality rates if not well treated. The muscle-invasive form of BC develops in about 25% of patients. Moreover, according to estimates, 50% of patients with invasive BC experience fatal metastatic relapses. Currently, resistance to drug-based therapy is the major tumble to BC treatment. The three-dimensional (3D) cell cultures are clearly more relevant not only as a novel evolving gadget in drug screening but also as a bearable therapeutic for different diseases. In this review, various subtypes of BC and mechanisms of drug resistance to the commonly used anticancer therapies are discussed. We also summarize the key lineaments of the latest cell-based assays utilizing 3D cell culture systems and their impact on understanding the pathophysiology of BC. Such knowledge could ultimately help to address the most efficient BC treatment.
- Subjects
CELL culture; EARLY detection of cancer; THERAPEUTICS; DRUG resistance; DRUG discovery
- Publication
Cancer Cell International, 2023, Vol 23, Issue 1, p1
- ISSN
1475-2867
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1186/s12935-023-03069-4