Preparing the Egg for Inoculation: "Dropping" the CAM and Opening the Egg
3:57
Inoculation of the CAM with Tumor Cells
5:32
Harvesting Tumors from the CAM
6:24
Tumor Cell Dissociation
7:20
Results: The CAM Supports Growth of Three-Dimensional, Vascularized Tumors
7:44
Conclusion
The chick chorioallantoic membrane (CAM) is immunodeficient and highly vascularized, making it a natural in vivo model of tumor growth and angiogenesis. In this protocol, we describe a reliable method of growing three-dimensional, vascularized hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) tumors using the CAM assay.