Real-time motion analysis reveals cell directionality as an indicator of breast cancer progression.

Cancer cells alter their migratory properties during tumor progression to invade surrounding tissues and metastasize to distant sites. However, it remains unclear how migratory behaviors differ between tumor cells of different malignancy and whether these migratory behaviors can be utilized to asses...

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Main Authors: Michael C Weiger, Vidya Vedham, Christina H Stuelten, Karen Shou, Mark Herrera, Misako Sato, Wolfgang Losert, Carole A Parent
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2013-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3602596?pdf=render