Abstract
To drive its migration through a fibrillar matrix—and thus to spread, invade or metastasize—a cancer cell must exert physical forces. The first visualization of these forces in three dimensions reveals surprising migration dynamics.
MeSH terms
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Biopolymers / chemistry*
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Breast Neoplasms*
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Female
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Humans
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Imaging, Three-Dimensional / instrumentation*
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Imaging, Three-Dimensional / methods*
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Microscopy, Atomic Force / instrumentation*
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Microscopy, Atomic Force / methods*