Table 1 Forcing and typical retardation times for the different cancer model systems, numbers are obtained by fitting the theoretical model to the experimental data.

From: Dynamics of cancerous tissue correlates with invasiveness

Cell type

Forcing f0/η0

Retardation time λ2

4T1

(4.6 ± 0.4)μm/min

(1.8 ± 0.3)min

67NR

(2.6 ± 0.4)μm/min

(1.3 ± 0.5)min

MCF7

(2.9 ± 0.4)μm/min

(2.1 ± 0.6)min

MDA-MB-231

(4.3 ± 0.4)μm/min

(1.9 ± 0.3)min