Overview
- Describes how mechanical properties of cancer cells, the extracellular matrix, tumor microenvironment, and fluid flow dynamics contribute to tumor progression and the metastatic process
- Provides the latest research on non-invasive imaging
- Includes insight into NCIs’ role in supporting biomechanics in oncology research
- Details how biomaterials in mechano-oncology can be used as a means to tune materials to study cancer
Part of the book series: Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology (AEMB, volume 1092)
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About this book
This book covers multi-scale biomechanics for oncology, ranging from cells and tissues to whole organ. Topics covered include, but not limited to, biomaterials in mechano-oncology, non-invasive imaging techniques, mechanical models of cell migration, cancer cell mechanics, and platelet-based drug delivery for cancer applications. This is an ideal book for graduate students, biomedical engineers, and researchers in the field of mechanobiology and oncology.
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Describes how mechanical properties of cancer cells, the extracellular matrix, tumor microenvironment and immuno-editing, and fluid flow dynamics contribute to tumor progression and the metastatic process
Provides the latest research on non-invasive imaging, including traction force microscopy and brillouin confocal microscopyIncludes insight into NCIs’ role in supporting biomechanics in oncology research
Details how biomaterials in mechano-oncology can be used as a means to tune materials to study cancer
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Keywords
- Biomaterials in Mechano-oncology
- Non-Invasive Imaging
- Traction Force Microscopy
- Brillouin Confocal Microscopy
- Mechanics Cancer Metabolism
- Mechanical Models Cell Migration
- Computational Models Cell Mechanics
- Models Studying Mechanics Metastasis
- Cancer Cell Mechanics
- Fluid Shear Stress Tumor
- Vascular Immune Cell Interaction
- Shear Stress Tumor Circulation
- Cellular Tissue Scales Computational
- Biomechanics of Cancer Cells
- Cancer Fiber Force Probes
- Cancer Cells fiber Probes
- Mechanics Cell Nucleus
- NCIs Biomechanics Oncology Research
- Extracellular Matrix Stiffness tumor
- Platelet Drug Delivery Cancer
Table of contents (16 chapters)
Editors and Affiliations
About the editors
Cheng Dong is Distinguished Professor and Department Head of the Department of Biomedical Engineering at Pennsylvania State University.
Nastaran Zahir is Associate Director of the Division of Cancer Biology and Program Director of the Physical Sciences-Oncology Initiative at the National Cancer Institute.
Konstantinos Konstantopoulos is Professor of the Department of Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering at Johns Hopkins University.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Biomechanics in Oncology
Editors: Cheng Dong, Nastaran Zahir, Konstantinos Konstantopoulos
Series Title: Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-95294-9
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Biomedical and Life Sciences, Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2018
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-95293-2Published: 08 November 2018
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-07011-3Published: 28 December 2018
eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-95294-9Published: 27 October 2018
Series ISSN: 0065-2598
Series E-ISSN: 2214-8019
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XII, 376
Number of Illustrations: 17 b/w illustrations, 94 illustrations in colour
Topics: Biomedical Engineering/Biotechnology, Cancer Research, Biomedical Engineering and Bioengineering, Oncology