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Does one need more than one cancer tissue line for a drug efficacy test?

April 26, 2017cancer drug line Test tissue

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Does one need more than one cancer tissue line for a drug efficacy test?

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Yes. While a cancer tissue line particularly represents the cancer of its donor, it does not represent all aspects of the disease. Testing a drug using three or more cancer tissue lines from a variety of donors will lead to a better prediction of the efficacy of the drug for general use.