Open Access<p>Nanomechanics and Histopathology as Diagnostic Tools to Characterize Freshly Removed Human Brain Tumors</p>
Author(s) -
Mateusz Cieśluk,
Katarzyna Pogoda,
Piotr Deptuła,
Paulina Werel,
Alina Kułakowska,
Jan Kochanowicz,
Ze Mariak,
Tomasz Łysoń,
Joanna Reszeć,
Robert Bucki
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
international journal of nanomedicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.245
H-Index - 128
eISSN - 1178-2013
pISSN - 1176-9114
DOI - 10.2147/ijn.s270147
Subject(s) - nanomechanics , histopathology , biomedical engineering , materials science , pathology , nanotechnology , medicine , atomic force microscopy
The tissue-mechanics environment plays a crucial role in human brain physiological development and the pathogenesis of different diseases, especially cancer. Assessment of alterations in brain mechanical properties during cancer progression might provide important information about possible tissue abnormalities with clinical relevance.