Fluid Shear Stress Effects on Cancer Metastasis
Metastasis is responsible for at least 66% of cancer-related deaths, yet it remains a poorly understood phenomenon. Fluid shear stress is common to all metastatic events but its effects on circulating tumor cells (CTCs) remains a mystery. It is known that shear stress can act either directly, causin...
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Massachusetts Institute of Technology
2022
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| Online Access: | https://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/144871 |