title: Biomaterials offer cancer research the third dimension.
abstract: To deepen understanding and hasten the development of treatments, cancer needs to be modelled more accurately in vitro; applying tissue-engineering concepts and approaches in this field could bridge the gap between two-dimensional studies and in vivo animal models.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Health and Biomedical Innovation, Queensland University of Technology, 60 Musk Avenue, Kelvin Grove Queensland 4059, Australia. dietmar.hutmacher@qut.edu.au
authors.forename: Dietmar W
authors.initials: DW
authors.lastname: Hutmacher
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001672:Biocompatible Materials; D035843:Biomedical Research / Q000379:methods*; D018929:Cell Culture Techniques / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D051379:Mice; D008954:Models, Biological; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology* / Q000628:therapy; D051381:Rats; D023822:Tissue Engineering; D054457:Tissue Scaffolds
chemical_list: D001672:Biocompatible Materials