ERC Starting Grant · 2023
Osteosarcoma is a highly aggressive bone cancer that primarily affects children. Secondary lung metastasis is the most critical clinical factor, with 70% of those who develop lung metastasis succumbing to the disease within 3 years. Despite the resonating clinical urgency for newer, more effective treatment options, there have been no changes in treatment since the introduction of chemotherapy in the 1970s. Furthermore, osteosarcoma is a rare disease making the conduct of large clinical trials investigating novel therapies very challenging. META-CHIP proposes to embark upon frontier research by being the first to develop a lung metastasis-on-a-chip model for osteosarcoma, for use by both…
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