title: Microfluidics and cancer analysis: cell separation, cell/tissue culture, cell mechanics, and integrated analysis systems.
abstract: Among the growing number of tools available for cancer studies, microfluidic systems have emerged as a promising analytical tool to elucidate cancer cell and tumor function. Microfluidic methods to culture cells have created approaches to provide a range of environments from single-cell analysis to complex three-dimensional devices. In this review we discuss recent advances in tumor cell culture, cancer cell analysis, and advanced studies enabled by microfluidic systems.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Texas Tech University, USA. d.pappas@ttu.edu.
authors.forename: Dimitri
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Pappas
mesh_terms: D018929:Cell Culture Techniques / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods*; D002469:Cell Separation / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D055595:Mechanical Phenomena; D046210:Microfluidic Analytical Techniques / Q000379:methods*; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology*; D018511:Systems Integration