Home Department: Biomechanical Engineering
Supported by: VPUE/UAR
Mentor: Edward Graves, Radiation Oncology

Meghana is studying the effects of wound healing on tumor cell invasion and metastasis. She is utilizing a mouse model to investigate the attractive effects wound healing and irradiation may have on circulating tumor cells. Surgical resection and radiation therapy are considered standard of care in cancer therapy. Thus, this could improve our understanding of how residual tumor cells respond following cancer therapy and ultimately lead to tumor relapse.

Poster presented at the Stanford Bio-X Interdisciplinary Initiatives Symposium on August 26, 2015:

The Wound Healing Response Promotes Tumor Cell Invasion and Metastasis

The Wound Healing Response Promotes Tumor Cell Invasion and Metastasis Meghana Golla¹, Marjan Rafat¹, Megan Albertelli¹, Marta Vilalta¹, Todd A. Aguilera¹, Amato J. Giaccia¹, Edward E. Graves¹
[Department of Radiation Oncology¹, Stanford University]