Teaser channel
All stories that have been tagged with Life sciences and medicine
Tissue mechanics influences the aggressiveness of cancer
In bladder cancer, the tissue structure of the bladder determines the direction in which the tumour grows. The growth direction, in turn, influences the aggressiveness of the tumour. This was demonstrated by researchers from the Department of Biosystems Science and Engineering at ETH Zurich in Basel, together with physicians from the University Hospital Basel. They recommend that tissue mechanics should be given greater consideration in future cancer research.