Using nanotechnology and microfluidics in search of cell biomechanical cues for cancer progression

Nanomedicine

Volumn 10, Issue 17, 2015, Pages 2635-2638

  Babahosseini, Hesam ^a   Strobl, Jeannine S ^a   Agah, Masoud ^a  

^a Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; BIOLOGICAL MARKER;

BIOMECHANICS; CANCER CELL; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER GROWTH; CANCER STEM CELL; CELL ISOLATION; CELL LEVEL; MICROFLUIDICS; NANOTECHNOLOGY; PERSONALIZED MEDICINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; CYTOLOGY; DISEASE COURSE; HUMAN; METASTASIS; METHODOLOGY; NEOPLASMS; PATHOLOGY; PHENOTYPE;

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS; BIOMECHANICAL PHENOMENA; DISEASE PROGRESSION; HUMANS; MICROFLUIDICS; NANOTECHNOLOGY; NEOPLASM METASTASIS; NEOPLASMS; NEOPLASTIC STEM CELLS; PHENOTYPE; RESEARCH DESIGN;

EID: 84941895919     PISSN: 17435889     EISSN: 17486963     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2217/nnm.15.104     Document Type: Review

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