This book covers multi-scale biomechanics for oncology, ranging from cells and tissues to whole organ. Topics covered include, but not limited to, biomaterials in mechano-oncology, non-invasive imaging techniques, mechanical models of cell migration, cancer cell mechanics, and platelet-based drug delivery for cancer applications. This is an ideal book for graduate students, biomedical engineers, and researchers in the field of mechanobiology and oncology.

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Describes how mechanical properties of cancer cells, the extracellular matrix, tumor microenvironment and immuno-editing,  and fluid flow dynamics contribute to tumor progression and the metastatic process

Includes insight into NCIs' role in supporting biomechanics in oncology research

Details how biomaterials in mechano-oncology can be used as a means to tune materials to study cancer

Biomaterials in Mechano-oncology: Means to Tune Materials to Study Cancer.- Traction Force Microscopy for Non-Invasive Imaging of Cell Forces.- Non-Invasive Imaging: Brillouin Confocal Microscopy.- Exposing Cell-itary Confinement: Understanding The Mechanisms Of Confined Single Cell Migration.- Modeling Cell Migration Mechanics.- Engineered models of metastasis with application to study cancer biomechanics.- Microenvironment influences cancer cell mechanics from tumor growth to metastasis.- From Cancer Immunoediting to New Strategies in Cancer Immunotherapy: The Roles of Immune Cells and Mechanics in Oncology.- Biomechanics of the circulating tumor cell microenvironment.- Mechanics of the cell nucleus.- Mechanical Forces in Tumor Angiogenesis.- DNA Mechanics and Topology.- Design of Fiber Networks for Studying Metastatic Invasion.- Extracellular matrix stiffness exists in a feedback loop that drives tumor progression.- Platelet-Based Drug Delivery for Cancer Applications.- The National Cancer Institute Investment in Biomechanics in Oncology Research.