External Resources

CancerModels.Org is a global platform that helps researchers, clinicians, and pharmaceutical companies find models generated from patient’s tumors. These patient-derived cancer models are essential for researchers to study how different cancers behave and respond to different treatments, enabling them to create more personalized and effective therapies. CancerModels.Org promotes collaboration within the global cancer research community, helping to translate scientific discoveries into real-world solutions for cancer patients.

HUSarc.org, known as the Human Sarcoma Model Initiative, is a project that is part of The Forum for Translational Research in Sarcomas (FORTRESS). FORTRESS is a scientific initiative by the University Hospitals (UZ Leuven) of KU Leuven (Belgium) and the West German Cancer Center, University of Duisburg/Essen (Germany). The Human Sarcoma Model Initiative project is a database of accessible cell line and patient-derived xenograft (PDX) models for a wide range of rare sarcoma subtypes.