Table 1 Patient characteristics and treatment responses.

From: A fully 3D-printed versatile tumor-on-a-chip allows multi-drug screening and correlation with clinical outcomes for personalized medicine

Specimen No.

Diagnosis

Age and Sex

Initial stage

Specimen site

Genomic findings

Treatment and response prior dissection ( < 2 years)

Treatment and response post dissection ( < 2 years)

1

Pancreatic adenocarcinoma

55/Male

IV

Secondary–peritoneum

BRCA2, KRAS, MTAP, CDKN2A/B

–

1. Short term partial remission with Folinic acid, 5-FU, Irinotecan and Oxaliplatin.

2. Stable disease with Pembrolizumab and Lenvatinib.

2

Desmoplastic small round cell tumor of the peritoneum

27/Male

IV

Secondary–peritoneum

No alterations detected

–

1. Stable disease with Vincristine, Doxorubicin, Cyclophosphamide, Ifosfamide and Etoposide.

2. Stable disease with Irinotecan and temozolomide.

3. Deterioration with Pemmbrolizumab.

4. Stable disease with Cyclophosphamide and Topotecan.

3

Primary peritoneal carcinoma

67/Female

IV

Primary

TP53, PIK3CA, MET, BRCA2, uncertain significance, ER + , PR+

1. Partial remission with Paclitaxel and Carboplatin.

2. Short term stable disease with Bevacizumab and Doxil.

3. No response with Olaparib.

Deterioration with Topotecan

Deceased

4

Moderately differentiated adenocarcinoma of large intestine

70/Male

IV

Secondary– liver

TP53, KRAS, PIK3K, SMAD4

Partial response with Folinic acid, 5-FU and Oxaliplatin.

–

Deceased (not cancer related)

5

Pancreatic adenocarcinoma

71/Male

III

Primary

TP53, KRAS, PIK3K, SMAD4

–

–

Deceased

6

Mucinous carcinoma of appendix

65/Female

IV

Secondary– peritoneum

ATM

–

1. Stable disease with Oxaliplatin and 5-FU.

2. Stable disease with Bevacizumab and 5-FU.

Deceased

7

Squamous cell carcinoma of the anal canal

70/Male

IV

Secondary– liver

KRAS, SMAD4, PIK3CA, MYC, BRCA1, EZH2, FABP5, PARP1, TOPOIIa, BIRC5

1. Partial remission with Cisplatin and 5-FU.

2. Stable disease with Nivolumab.

3. No response with Paclitaxel.

1. Partial remission with Paclitaxel.

2. Deterioration with Mitomycin.

8

Pancreatic adenocarcinoma

44/Male

III

Primary

TP53, BRCA2, KRAS, CDKN2A/B

Stable disease with Folinic acid, 5-FU, Irinotecan and Oxaliplatin.

Partial response with Gemcitabine and Cisplatin.

9

Pancreatic neuroendocrine adenocarcinoma

56/Male

III

Primary

–

–

Somatostatin

Cancer free

10

Adenocarcinoma of the colon

53/Female

IV

Secondary–peritoneum

TP53, HER2+, APC

–

1. Remission with Oxaliplatin, Capecitabine and Herceptin.

2. Remission with Herceptin.

  1. Table detailing the diagnosis and disease course of ten cancer patients whose tumor samples were used to create personalized spheroids for chemotherapy testing.