Isolation and identification of adipose-derived stromal/stem cells from breast cancer patients after exposure neoadjuvant chemotherapy

Figure 2 Isolation of adipose-derived stromal cells from breast tissues in patients after received neoadjuvant chemotherapy treatment. A: Number of ASCs isolated per gram of adipose tissue from the cancerous side (CA-ASC) of the breast and noncancerous side (N-ASC) of the breast in patients receiving neoadjuvant chemotherapy (+NAC) vs patients not-receiving neoadjuvant chemotherapy (-NAC). B: ASCs yield from the cancerous side of the breast was lower than the noncancerous side of the breast in both patients receiving NAC and not-receiving NAC. C: Overall correlation between the numbers of harvesting ASCs from the cancerous side and noncancerous side of the breast in patients receiving NAC or not-receiving NAC (n = 21, mean ± SE, P = NS). ASCs: Adipose-derived stromal cells; NAC: Neoadjuvant chemotherapy.