Prevalence of in vitro chemotherapeutic drug resistance in primary malignant pleural mesothelioma: Result in a cohort of 203 resection specimens Aneil A. Mujoomdar, MD, Tamara R. Tilleman, MD, PhD, William G. Richards, PhD, Raphael Bueno, MD, David J. Sugarbaker, MD The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery Volume 140, Issue 2, Pages 352-355 (August 2010) DOI: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2009.11.072 Copyright © 2010 The American Association for Thoracic Surgery Terms and Conditions
Figure 1 Drug resistance assay results among malignant pleural mesothelioma tumors. The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery 2010 140, 352-355DOI: (10.1016/j.jtcvs.2009.11.072) Copyright © 2010 The American Association for Thoracic Surgery Terms and Conditions
Figure 2 Venn diagram: EDR and IDR for mesothlioma specimens. EDR, Extreme drug resistance; IDR, intermediate drug resistance. The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery 2010 140, 352-355DOI: (10.1016/j.jtcvs.2009.11.072) Copyright © 2010 The American Association for Thoracic Surgery Terms and Conditions
Figure 3 Drug resistance in tumors with epithelial histology. Note: Y-axis is percentage. The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery 2010 140, 352-355DOI: (10.1016/j.jtcvs.2009.11.072) Copyright © 2010 The American Association for Thoracic Surgery Terms and Conditions
Figure 4 Drug resistance in tumors with nonepithelial histology. Note: Y-axis is percentage. The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery 2010 140, 352-355DOI: (10.1016/j.jtcvs.2009.11.072) Copyright © 2010 The American Association for Thoracic Surgery Terms and Conditions