Anewtechnologythatsimulatestumorshasbeenshowntoperformaswellasresearchanimalsintestingchemotherapydrugs,representingapotentialtoolforscreeningdrugsbeforetreatingapatient.Along-termgoalistoincorporatebiopsiedcancercellsfrompatientsandtesttheeffectivenessofdifferentdrugsonthepatient-derivedcells.