The physics of cancer: The role of physical interactions and mechanical forces in metastasis

Nature Reviews Cancer

Volumn 11, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 512-522

  Wirtz, Denis ^a   Konstantopoulos, Konstantinos ^a   Searson, Peter C ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

CANCER CELL; CANCER GROWTH; CANCER INVASION; CANCER LOCALIZATION; CANCER MORTALITY; CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM; CELL ADHESION; CELL INTERACTION; CELL MOTILITY; EPITHELIAL MESENCHYMAL TRANSITION; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; EXTRAVASATION; HUMAN; LIGAND BINDING; METASTASIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SHEAR FLOW; SHEAR STRESS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TUMOR MICROENVIRONMENT;

ANIMALS; CELL ADHESION; CELL MOVEMENT; HUMANS; NEOPLASM INVASIVENESS; NEOPLASM METASTASIS; NEOPLASMS; NEOPLASTIC CELLS, CIRCULATING; SHEAR STRENGTH; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 79959636906     PISSN: 1474175X     EISSN: 14741768     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nrc3080     Document Type: Review

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