Skip to main content

Table 1 Summary of engraftment rates of PDX tumors

From: Patient-derived xenografts as compatible models for precision oncology

Tumor type

Mice strain

Implantation site

Engraftment rate

Engraftment-related factors

References

Colorectal cancer

NSG

Subcutaneous

76%

 

Cho et al., 2019 [11]

 

Nude

Orthotopic

89%

 

Aytes et al., 2012 [12]

Pancreatic cancer (ductal adenocarcinoma)

Nude

Subcutaneous

45%

Post-operation CA 19–9 level

Chen et al., 2020 [13]

 

ICR SCID

Subcutaneous

67%

 

Mattie et al., 2013 [14]

Breast cancer

SCID/Beige, NSG

Mammary fat pad

19–21%

 

Zhang et al., 2013 [20]

 

NOD/SCID

Humanized mammary fat pad

13%

 

Li et al., 2013 [21]

Non-small cell lung cancer

Nude, NOG

Subcutaneous

41%

Brain metastasis, SCC histology, tumor stage, wild-type EGFR

Lee et al., 2015 [15]

 

NOD/SCID

Renal capsule

90%

 

Dong et al., 2010 [16]

Gastric cancer

NOG

Subcutaneous

24%

Intestinal type, high tumor cell percentage, short procedure time

Choi et al., 2016 [22]

Liver cancer (hepatocellular carcinoma)

NSG

Subcutaneous, orthotopic

14%

 

Zhu et al., 2020 [23]

Kidney cancer (renal cell carcinoma)

NOD/SCID

Orthotopic (Renal capsule)

37%

Tumor stage, Tumor implanted from metastatic site

Sivanand et al., 2012 [24]

Bladder cancer (urothelial carcinoma)

BALB/ c-nu

Subcutaneous

15%

 

Park et al., 2013 [25]

Biliary tract cancer (cholangiocarcinoma and gallbladder cancers)

NOD/SCID

Subcutaneous

54%

Surgical resection, median ischemic time

Leiting, 2020 [17]

Head and neck cancer (squamous cell carcinoma)

NSG

Subcutaneous

85%

Lymph node positive

Kimple et al., 2013 [18]

Medulloblastoma

Rag2 SCID

Orthotopic

52%

 

Zhao et al., 2012 [19]

Uveal melanoma

NOD/SCID

Subcutaneous

28%

Metastasis

Némati et al., 2010 [26]