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Table 1 Overview of medium compositions

From: Tumor slice culture system to assess drug response of primary breast cancer

Medium I [19]

Medium II [20]

Medium III

Medium IV

- DMEM: HAM's F12 = 2:1

- FCS 2 %

- Hydrocortisone 0.3 μg/ml

- Insulin 4 μg/ml

- Transferrin 4 μg/ml

- 3,3´,5 Triiodothyronine 1 ng/ml

- EGF 8 ng/ml

- Cholera toxin 7 ng/ml

- Adenine 0.2 mg/ml

- Antibiotics

- RPMI-1640

- FCS 10 %

- L-Glutamine 2 nM

- Hydrocortisone 5 μg/ml

- Insulin 5 μg/ml

- Cholera toxin 50 ng/ml

- EGF 10 ng/ml

- Antibiotics

- RPMI-1640

- FCS 10 %

- Antibiotics

- DMEM: HAM's F10 = 1:1

- FCS 10 %

- Antibiotics