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Tutorials in Mathematical Biosciences III: Cell Cycle, Proliferation, and Cancer

By Baltazar D. Aguda (auth.) , Avner Friedman (eds.)

Book information

Publisher
Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg
Year
2006
ISBN
9783540291626, 3540291628, 2005934038
DOI
10.1007/11561606
Open Library ID
OL18256181M
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
23 MB (23713280 bytes)
Series
Lecture Notes in Mathematics 1872 Mathematical Biosciences Subseries v. 3
Edition
1
Pages
246\254
Time added
2010-02-18 13:16:04
Cellular and Medical TopicsMathematical Biology in General; Ordinary Differen

Description

This volume introduces some basic mathematical models for cell cycle, proliferation, cancer, and cancer therapy. Chapter 1 gives an overview of the modeling of the cell division cycle. Chapter 2 describes how tumor secretes growth factors to form new blood vessels in its vicinity, which provide it with nutrients it needs in order to grow. Chapter 3 explores the process that enables the tumor to invade the neighboring tissue. Chapter 4 models the interaction between a tumor and the immune system. Chapter 5 is concerned with chemotherapy; it uses concepts from control theory to minimize obstacles arising from drug resistance and from cell cycle dynamics. Finally, Chapter 6 reviews mathematical results for various cancer models.

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