Table 4

Characteristics of living biobank-based cancer organoids in recent years

TypePrimary/metastaticMethodsGeneration efficiencyClinical stage (number)Treatment conditionPathological diagnosisReference
Pancreatic cancerPrimary and metastaticSurgical resection, fine needle biopsy, rapid autopsy, and video-assisted thoracoscopic surgical resection75% (72% for fine needle biopsy, 78% for tumor resection)I (1); II (34); III (7); IV (24)12 generated from 5 pretreated patients; 57 generated from 55 patients who did not receive treatmentNot described88
Breast cancerPrimary and metastaticNot described>80%I (13); II (45); III (29)72 patients did not receive chemotherapy; 9 received chemotherapyMalignant neoplasm59
Multitype cancerPrimary and metastaticSurgical resection73%I–III (exact number is unclear)Not describedColon (metastatic adenocarcinoma, invasive low-grade adenocarcinoma, and moderately differentiated adenocarcinoma); kidney (renal cell carcinoma and clear cell carcinoma); lung (moderately differentiated invasive squamous cell carcinoma, invasive squamous cell carcinoma, invasive poorly differentiated squamous cell carcinoma, well-differentiated adenocarcinoma, and invasive metastatic adenocarcinoma); pancreas (moderately differentiated adenocarcinoma, invasive moderately differentiated ductal adenocarcinoma, and moderate-to-poorly differentiated metastatic adenocarcinoma)94
Colorectal and gastroesophageal cancerMetastaticUltrasound-guided, computed tomography-guided, and endoscopic biopsy70%II (1); III (11); IV (17)All patients receivedNot described57
Colorectal cancerPrimary and metastaticEndoscopic biopsy and surgical resection100%I (5); II (10); III (3); IV (10); not available (3)Only 3 receivedAdenocarcinoma, neuroendocrine neoplasms, and premalignant lesions83
Rectal cancerNot describedEndoscopic biopsy85.7%Not describedDid not receiveAdenocarcinoma, mucinous adenocarcinoma, and mucinous adenocarcinoma with signet ring cell carcinoma87
Primary and metastaticEndoscopic biopsy77%Not described22 derived from treatment-naive patients; 43 derived from patients undergoing first- or second-line therapyNot described86
Childhood kidney cancerPrimary and metastaticSurgical resection and biopsy75% for Wilms tumors, 100% for malignant rhabdoid tumors, 75% for renal cell carcinomasNot describedMost receivedWilms tumor, malignant rhabdoid tumor, renal cell carcinoma, congenital mesoblastic nephroma, metanephric adenoma, and the rest nephrogenic85
Urothelial cancerNot describedSurgical resection and biopsyApproximately 50%Low grade and high gradeSome received chemotherapy or radiotherapySquamous cell carcinoma, papillary urothelial cell carcinoma, expansive necrotic invasive urothelial cell carcinoma, poorly differentiated transitional cell carcinoma with glandular squamous differentiation, and papillary nonmuscle invasive urothelial cell carcinoma91