Intramuscular Transplantation Improves Engraftment Rates for Esophageal Patient-Derived Tumor Xenografts

Matthew Read; David Liu; Cuong P Duong; Carleen Cullinane; William K Murray; Christina M Fennell; Jake Shortt; David Westerman; Paul Burton; Nicholas J Clemons; Wayne A Phillips

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Intramuscular Transplantation Improves Engraftment Rates for Esophageal Patient-Derived Tumor Xenografts

Matthew Read, David Liu, Cuong P Duong, Carleen Cullinane, William K Murray, Christina M Fennell, Jake Shortt, David Westerman, Paul Burton, Nicholas J Clemons, Wayne A Phillips

ANNALS OF SURGICAL ONCOLOGY | SPRINGER | Published : 2016

DOI: 10.1245/s10434-015-4425-3

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University of Melbourne Researchers

David Westerman Author Medicine - St Vincent's Hospital

Jake Shortt Author The Sir Peter MacCallum Department of Oncology

William Murray Author Clinical Pathology

Wayne Phillips Author The Sir Peter MacCallum Department of Oncology

Nicholas Clemons Author Medicine, Dentistry and Health Sciences

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Awarded by NHMRC of Australia Centres for Research Excellence Grant

Funding Acknowledgements

This work was supported by a NHMRC of Australia Centres for Research Excellence Grant (1040947). MR received the Thornell-Shore Memorial scholarship from the Royal Australasian College of Surgeons (RACS) and the Sir Thomas Naghten Fitzgerald scholarship from The University of Melbourne. DL received an NHMRC Australian Postgraduate Research award and Foundation for a Surgery Scholarship from the RACS. JS is supported by the Victorian Cancer Agency/Snowdome Foundation "Eva & Les Erdi Fellowship.'' Some tissue samples used in this Project were provided by the Victorian Cancer Biobank with appropriate ethics approval. The Victorian Cancer Biobank is supported by the Victorian Government, Australia.