Pancreatic cancer is one of the most common causes of cancer-related deaths worldwide. In most patients, the tumor cannot be removed by surgery. Therefore, drug treatment options play a major role. The biology of each individual tumor is very different, so personalized therapies are becoming increasingly important. This project aims to establish a model in which the tumor is cultivated as an intact tissue section and used for individual treatment response testing. Remarkably, the tissue context is completely preserved in this cultivation model and the individual tumor biology is examined in the spatial tissue context. The results of this study might help to transfer this model system to personalized clinical care.

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