Fig. 2From: A mouse model of neoadjuvant chemotherapy followed by interval cytoreductive surgery indicates impaired efficacy of perioperative cisplatinSchematic summary of the overall treatment and imaging schedule for the in vivo study. All mice were innoculated with ID8-L4 cells (Day -35) and were imaged (I) and treated with cisplatin (C) 2 and 3 weeks (Days -21 and -14) later. The animals were imaged 4 weeks after innoculation (Day -7) and one week later (Day 0) were divided into 2 primary treatment arms; one arm (n = 40 mice) underwent interval cytoreductive surgery (ICS) and the other arm (n = 40) were anesthetized (A) but left intact. At Day 0, a subset of 10 mice from each arm was treated with cisplatin. One week later (Day 7), all mice were imaged and a second subset of 10 animals from each arm was treated with cisplatin. One week later (Day 14) all mice were reimaged. Two weeks later (Day 28), a third subset of 8 or 10 mice from the remaining animals in each arm were treated with cisplatin and the remaining animals (n = 9) were left untreated. All groups were reimaged 35 and 42 days after surgery/anesthesia. The number and percentage of mice surviving to day 42 in each group and the two primary arms (ICS and A) is indicatedBack to article page