Table 1.

Cancer types and the microelasticities of the healthy tissues in which they arise

Cancer type		Normal tissue stiffness (kPa)
Pilocytic astrocytoma		0.4 [9]
Acute myeloid leukemia (AML)		0.3 [25]
Acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL)		0.3 [25]
Chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL)		0.3 [25]
Medulloblastoma (MB)		0.4 [9]
Carcinoid		0.4 [9]
Neuroblastoma		0.4 [9]
Thyroid		2.2 [25]
Glioma low grade		0.4 [9]
Glioblastoma		0.4 [9]
Breast		0.4 – 1.1 [27]
Lymphoma B cell		0.3 [25]
Multiple myeloma		0.3 [25]
Kidney chromophobe		2.6 [9]
Prostate		3.0 – 3.8 [28,29]
Ovary		2.5 [30]
Kidney papillary cell		2.6 [9]
Kidney clear cell		2.6 [9]
Pancreas		2.7 [31]
Liver		1.3 [9]
Endometrium		1.3 [28]
Head and neck
Uterus		1.3 [28]
Cervix		1.6 [32]
Colorectum		0.9 [33]
Esophagus		4.7 [34]
Lung small cell		5.9 [9]
Stomach		1.3 [35]
Bladder		3.2 [36]
Lung adenocarcinoma		5.9 [9]
Lung squamous		5.9 [9]
Melanoma		3.8 – 6.4 [9,37]
Squamous cell carcinoma		3.8 – 6.4 [9,37]
Basal cell carcinoma		3.8 – 6.4 [9,37]
Childhood cancers	ALL	0.3 [25]
	MB	0.4 [9]
	Rhabdomyosarcoma	11.9 - 25.7 [9,38]
	Osteosarcoma	34.3 [9]