Physical Modelling of Tumours - Understanding the metastasis mechanism
The malignancy of a solid tumor is directly correlated with its metastatic potential. The process of metastasis formation begins by the movement of a single cell when it emerges from tumor colony. This cell crosses the basement membrane penetrating a blood vessel and enters in the bloodstream. Physics is more and more present in the research of cellular mechanics, particularly in the study of processes related with tumor growth. In this project we will use continuous media and soft matter physics to model tissue invasion by metastatic cell in a quantitative way.
Status: Concluded
Starting date: 1/Sep/2015
End date: 1/Sep/2019
Financing: 88860 Euros
Financing entity: CNPq
Person*month: 0
Group person*month: 0
