Table 1.

Histological and nanomechanical characterization of tissue samples

Group	Samples	Samples, n	Force curves analyzed, n
I	One specimen of white and four of gray matter	5	n=1,229
II	Meningothelial meningioma WHO G1	2	n=789
III	Fibrous meningioma WHO G1	1	n=273
IV	Hemangiopericytoma WHO G2	1	n=315
V	Metastatic adenocarcinoma (left lung)	1	n=123
VI	Glioblastoma WHO G4	3	n=2,654
VII	Margin tissue adjacent to glioblastoma WHO G4	1	n=428