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. 1990 Mar;81(3):289–297. doi: 10.1111/j.1349-7006.1990.tb02563.x

Chemo‐radioresistance of Small Cell Lung Cancer Cell Lines Derived from Untreated Primary Tumors Obtained by Diagnostic Bronchofiberscopy

Yoshiro Tanio 1,✉, Masatoshi Watanabe 1, Tamotsu Inoue 1, Ichiro Kawase 1, Takuma Shirasaka 1, Toshiyuki Ikeda 1, Hideki Hara 1, Tomiya Masuno 1, Shin'ichi Saito 1, Kiyoshi Kawano 2, Hajime Kitamura 2, Kaoru Kubota 3, Nagahisa Kodama 3, Masaaki Kawahara 3, Mitsunori Sakatani 3, Kiyoyuki Furuse 3, Satoru Yamamoto 4, Susumu Kishimoto 1
PMCID: PMC5918028  PMID: 2161815

Abstract

New cell lines of small cell lung cancer (SCLC) were established from specimens of untreated primary tumors biopsied by diagnostic bronchofiberscopy. The advantage of this method was ease of obtaining specimens from lung tumors. Establishment of cell lines was successful with 4 of 13 specimens (30%). Clinical responses of the tumors showed considerable variation, but were well correlated with the in vitro sensitivity of the respective cell lines to chemotherapeutic drugs and irradiation. One of the cell lines was resistant to all drugs tested and irradiation, while another was sensitive to all of them. Although the acquired resistance of SCLC is the biggest problem in treatment, the natural resistance to therapy is another significant problem. Either acquired or natural, resistance mechanisms of SCLC may be elucidated by the use of such cell lines derived from untreated tumors. This method and these SCLC cell lines are expected to be useful for the serial study of biologic and genetic changes of untreated and pre‐treated tumors, or primary and secondary tumors.

Keywords: Small cell lung cancer, Cell lines, Untreated primary tumors, Bronchofiberscopic biopsy, Clonogenic assay

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