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Table 2 Success engraftment rate of bone and soft tissue sarcoma PDXs models

From: Patient-derived xenograft models in musculoskeletal malignancies

First author/year

Take rate

Take time (weeks)

Host mouse

Tissue source (P/M)

Grade

Previous treatment

Tissue origin (B/SR)

Site (SC/OT)

Tissue size

PDX validation method

Osteosarcoma

 Ishii 1982 [38]

24/30 (80%)

2–12 w

BALB/c nude

NA

NA

NA

NA

SC

0.5 ml fine consistency

Histology

 Bauer 1986 [12]

14/25 (56%)

NA

BALB/c nude

NA

III(5)/IV(9)

NA

SR

SC

1–2 mm³

Histology Flow cytometry

 Meyer 1990 [14]

8/33 (24.2%)

4 w

CBA/Caj*

P(7)/M(1)

NA

N

SR

SC

2–4 mm³

Histology flow cytometry

 Fujisaki 1995 [71]

21/34 (62%)

NA

Nude

NA

NA

NA

SR/Bp

SC

0.5 ml fine consistency

NA

 Bruheim 2004 [72]

11/55 (20%)

NA

BALB/c nude

P(7)/M(4)

II(1)/III(2)/IV(8)

Cm(6)/N(5)

SR(6)/Bp(5)

SC

2 × 2 × 2 mm

Histology

 Monsma 2012 [45]

3/3 (100%)

NA

Nude

NA

III(3)

NA

SR

SC

Long axis ≤ 3 mm

Histology

 Kresse 2012 [21]

9/NA

NA

BALB/c nude

P(7)/M(2)

IV(9)

NA

SR

SC

1–2 mm³

Genomic

 Stewart 2017 [22]

15/31 (49%)

NA

NSG

P(8)/M(7)

NA

Cm(9)/N(6)

SR

OT(femur)

1 × 105 cells

Genomic

Ewing sarcoma

 Monsma 2012 [45]

2/3 (67%)

NA

nu/nu nude

NA

NA

NA

SR

SC

Long axis ≤ 3 mm

Histology

 Izumchenko 2014 [50]

3/3 (100%)

NA

nu/nu nude

NA

NA

NA

SR

SC

4 mm³

Histology

 Stewart 2017 [22]

2/7 (28%)

NA

NSG

P(2)/M(0)

NA

Cm(1)/N(1)

SR

OT(femur)

1 × 105 cells

Histology/genomic

Bone and soft tissue sarcoma

 Hajdu 1981 [32]

37/60 (62%)

         

 LPS

5/5 (100%)

         

 LMS

4/9 (44.4%)

         

 SS

6/6 (100%)

         

 UPS

6/10 (60%)

NA

Nude

P(18)/M(19)

NA

NA

SR

SC

Fine consistency

Histology

 FBS

6/14 (42.8%)

         

 AGS

3/6 (50%)

         

 MPN ST

5/6 (83.3%)

         

 NOS

2/4 (50%)

         

 Houghton 1982 [11]

6/11 (54.5%)

         

 RMS

6/11 (54.5%)

NA

CBA/Caj*

NA

NA

NA

SR/Bp

SC

4 mm³

Histology

 Boven 1998 [49]

10/21 (48%)

NA

Nude

P(5)/M(5)

NA

NA

SR

SC

2–3 mm diameter

Histology

 Hoffmann 1999 [73]

31/82 (37.8%)

NA

Nude

NA

NA

NA

SR

SC

5 × 5 mm

Histology

 Monsma 2012 [45]

2/4 (50%)

         

 RMS

1/3 (33%)

         

 LMS

1/0 (0)

NA

Nude

NA

NA

NA

SR

SC

Long axis ≤ 3 mm

Histology

 SS

1/1 (100%)

         

 Izumchenko 2014 [50]

18/25 (72%)

         

 RMS

3/4 (75%)

         

 LPS

4/5 (80%)

         

 LMS

2/2 (100%)

6–24 w

nu/nu nude

NA

NA

NA

SR

SC

4 mm³

Histology

 SS

1/2 (50%)

         

 SCS

2/4 (50%)

         

 NOS

6/8 (75%)

         

 Stewart 2017 [22]

22/31 (70.9%)

         

 RMS

14/20 (70%)

  

P(6)/M(8)

 

Cm(4)/N(10)

    

 SS

1/2 (50%)

  

P(1)/M(0)

 

Cm(1)/N(1)

    

 HGS

5/6 (83.3%)

NA

NSG

P(3)/M(2)

NA

Cm(2)/N(3)

SR

OT(femur)

1 × 105 cells

Histology/genomic

 EPS

2/3 (67%)

  

P(1)/M(1)

 

Cm(0)/N(2)

    
  1. OS osteosarcoma, EWS Ewing sarcoma, LPS liposarcoma, LMS leiomyosarcoma, SS synovial sarcoma, SCS spindle cell sarcoma, UPS undifferentiated pleomorphic sarcoma, FBS fibrosarcoma, AGS angiosarcoma, MPNST malignant periphery nerve sheath tumor, NOS unclassified sarcoma, RMS rhabdomyosarcoma, HGS high grade sarcoma, EPS epithelioid sarcoma, SFT solitary fibrous tumor, * thymectomy and irradiation, P primary tumor, M metastatic tumor, SC subcutaneous, OT orthotopic, SR surgical resection, Bp biopsy, Cm chemotherapy, N not received, NA not available