Cancer BiologybioRxiv
"Patchiness" in Mechanical Stiffness across a Tumor as an Early-Stage Marker for Malignancy
Z. Mirzakhel, G. A. Reddy, J. Boman…·P. Katira
This paper introduces a 'patchiness' index to quantify mechanical heterogeneity in tumors, showing it can predict malignant transformation in healthy tissues.
DOI 10.1186/s12862-024-02221-6