33 minute lecture on functional profiling of human cancer, using cell culture drug resistance testing on fresh human tumor specimens obtained by surgical biopsy. This lecture was given at Charite University Medical Center in Berlin, Germany on March 19, 2009 by Larry Weisenthal, MD PhD. The audience consisted primarily of oncologists and surgeons working in the field of gynecologic oncology. Thanks to Dr. Frank Kischkel, TherapySelect GmbH & Co. KG, Heidelberg, Germany