The extracellular matrix (ECM) and its mechanical properties play an important role in
regulating the cellular responses that occur during tissue regeneration, wound healing, and …

Resistance to chemotherapy and molecularly targeted therapies is a major problem facing
current cancer research. The mechanisms of resistance to'classical'cytotoxic …

Cancer-associated fibroblasts (CAFs) are major components of the carcinoma
microenvironment that promote tumor progression. However, the mechanisms by which …

Chemoresistant metastatic relapse of minimal residual disease plays a significant role for
poor prognosis of cancer. Growing evidence supports a critical role of cancer stem cell …

The physical characteristics of tumours are intricately linked to the tumour phenotype and
difficulties during treatment. Many factors contribute to the increased stiffness of tumours; …

After X-radiography, ultrasound is now the most common of all the medical imaging
technologies. For millennia, manual palpation has been used to assist in diagnosis, but it is …

After 20 years of innovation in techniques that specifically image the biomechanical
properties of tissue, the evolution of elastographic imaging can be viewed from its infancy …

From times immemorial manual palpation served as a source of information on the state of
soft tissues and allowed detection of various diseases accompanied by changes in tissue …

Mechanotransduction, the translation of mechanical stimuli into biological signals, is a
crucial mechanism involved in the function of fundamentally all cell types. In many solid …

Cancer development and progression are closely associated with changes both in the
mechano-cellular phenotype of cancer and stromal cells and in the extracellular matrix …