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The development of the 3D ovarian cancer culture was supported over the years through grants to Ernst Lengyel from the Gynecologic Cancer Foundation (2005/2006 GCF/Molly Cade Ovarian Cancer Research Grant), the Ovarian Cancer Research Fund (OCRF, Liz Tilberis Scholars Program), and the NCI (R01 CA111882). Ernst Lengyel holds a Clinical Scientist Award in Translational Research from the Burroughs Wellcome Fund. Hilary A. Kenny was supported by a Penny Severns Breast, Cervical, and Ovarian Cancer Research postdoctoral fellowship from the Illinois Department of Public Health and a Graduate Training Program in Cancer Biology postdoctoral fellowship through the University of Chicago (NIH/NCI 5T32 CA09594). Songuel Dogan was supported by the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (German Research Council) DOI309/1–1. Marion Zillhardt was supported by the Graduate Training Program in Cancer Biology through the University of Chicago (NIH/NCI T32 CA09594). The authors would like to thank Gail Isenberg (University of Chicago) for her graphic designs and editorial expertise.
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Kenny, H.A. et al. (2009). Organotypic Models of Metastasis: A Three-dimensional Culture Mimicking the Human Peritoneum and Omentum for the Study of the Early Steps of Ovarian Cancer Metastasis. In: Stack, M., Fishman, D. (eds) Ovarian Cancer. Cancer Treatment and Research, vol 149. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-98094-2_16
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