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Table 3. Cancer organoid biobanks from various patients

From: Emerging organoid models: leaping forward in cancer research

Cancer types

Cancer organoid types in biobank

Success rate of establishment

Source

Passages

Institution

Refs

Metastatic gastrointestinal cancers

~78 metastatic cancer organoids from 71 patients

71%

Biopsies

Support

The Institute of Cancer Research, UK

[62]

CRC

22 cancer organoids from 27 tumor samples

~90%

Surgically resected

Support

Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences, Holland

[9]

CRC

55 cancer organoids from 43 patients

100%

Biopsies, surgically resected

Support

Keio University, Japan

[42]

Breast cancers

> 100 cancer organoids from 155 tumors

>80%

Surgically resected

> 20 passages

Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences, Holland

[10]

Pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma

114 cancer organoids from 101 patients

75%

Biopsies, surgically resected, rapid autopsies

≥ 5 passages

Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, America

[31]