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Tutorials in Mathematical Biosciences III : Cell Cycle, Proliferation, and Cancer
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 w...
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| Formato: | Printed Book |
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Berlin
Springer
2006
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| Series: | Lecture notes in mathematics (Springer-Verlag), 1872.
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| Summary: | 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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| Descrición Física: | vi, 246 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm. |
| ISBN: | 9783540291626 |