Table 1 of Burgess, Mol Vis 2011; 17:607-615.


Table 1. Choroidal melanoma cell cultures.

59 Melanomas with Chromosome 3 Loss Number
Successful propagation and characterization of cell lines 3 (5%)
Successful early propagation but not yet characterized 6 (10%)
Failure to propagate beyond first passage 40 (68%)
Failure to propagate 10 (17%)
42 Melanomas with Chromosome 6p Gain/Disomy 3 Number
Failure to propagate 42 (100%)