This paper reviews the existing literature on the tests used to determine the mechanical
properties of women breast tissues (fat, glandular and tumour tissue) as well as the different …

Understanding and quantifying the mechanical properties of breast tissues has been a
subject of interest for the past two decades. This has been motivated in part by interest in …

Abstract Knowledge on the forces acting on a woman's breast and on the mechanical
properties of the breast tissues is important for studying the effects of plastic surgery …

Different behaviors of cells such as growth, differentiation and apoptosis widely differ in case
of diseases. The mechanical properties of cells and tissues can be used as a clue for …

Knowing the mechanical properties of human adipose tissue is key to simulate surgeries
such as liposuction, mammoplasty and many plastic surgeries in which the subcutaneous fat …

Background The mechanical properties of the breast skin play an important role in
explaining the changes associated with radiotherapy, tissue expansion, and breast …

Many researchers have proposed imaging the stiffness distribution in breast tissue to
enhance diagnosis of disease. They suppose that cancers are much stiffer than the …

Background Mammography is a specific type of breast imaging that uses low-dose X-rays to
detect cancer in early stage. During the exam, the women breast is compressed between …

In healthy tissues, cells are in mechanical homeostasis. During cancer progression, this
equilibrium is disrupted. Cancer cells alter their mechanical phenotype to a softer and more …

Recently, there has been an increasing interest in using the biomechanical properties of
cells as biomarkers to discriminate between normal and cancerous cells. However, few …