Mechanics, malignancy, and metastasis: The force journey of a tumor cell

Cancer and Metastasis Reviews - Tập 28 Số 1-2 - Trang 113-127 - 2009
Sanjay Kumar1, Valerie M. Weaver2
1Department of Bioengineering, University of California, Berkeley, USA
2Department of Surgery and Center for Bioengineering and Tissue Regeneration, Department of Anatomy, Department of Bioengineering and Therapeutics, Institute for Regeneration Medicine, University of California, San Francisco, USA

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