Stiff and oxygen-deprived tumors promote spread of cancer
Monday, September 12, 2016 - 16:51
in Mathematics & Economics
When Hippocrates first described cancer around 400 B.C., he referred to the disease’s telltale tumors as “karkinos” — the Greek word for crab. The “Father of Western Medicine” likely noted that cancer’s creeping projections mirrored certain crustaceans, and the tumors’ characteristic hardness resembled a crab’s armored shell. Later, scientists added another attribute: Tumors are hypoxic. […]