AlaskaAngel
Ironic that you posted this today. Just the other day, someone on the Inspire board posted about ChemoFit. Chemofit looks like a typical "cell death" assay (which is good), based on flow cytometry (also good).
They obtain fresh "live" specimen (good again) and placed in a formulated sterile collection/transport medium. Looks like it keeps the specimen viable up to 72 hours at room temperature (don't know if it's 3D analysis).
And for optimal results, patient should not have had chemotherapy or radiation therapy within 3 weeks of specimen collection.
They can test conventional drugs singlely and in combinations. Don't see any "targeted" drugs listed (JM Hyatt et al. A Cancer Chemosensitivty Assay. Presented at . Am J Obstet Gynecol 189(5): 1301-7, 2003).
Medicor Cancer Centres (Canada’s first integrated private cancer treatment clinic, which works with DCA in Canada), utilizes ChemoFit.
http://www.medicorcancer.com/dca-therapy.html
http://www.medicorcancer.com/chemofit.html
Greg
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