Stiffness and Modulus and Independent Controllers of Breast Cancer Metastasis

One out of eight women in the United States will develop breast cancer during their lifetime. Ninety percent of cancer related deaths are due to metastasis. Metastasis is the biological process where individual or aggregate cancerous cells break away from the primary tumor site and colonize distant,...

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Main Author: Ryman, Dannielle
Format: Others
Published: ScholarWorks@UMass Amherst 2013
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Online Access:https://scholarworks.umass.edu/theses/1154
https://scholarworks.umass.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=2286&context=theses