Modeling Cancer Progression and the Effects of Treatment - (De Gruyter Mathematics and Life Sciences) by Leonid Hanin (Hardcover)

About the Book

The De Gruyter Series in Mathematics and Life Sciences is devoted to the publication of monographs in the field. They cover topics and methods in fields of current interest that use mathematical approaches to understand and explain, model and influence phenomena in all areas of life sciences. This includes, among others, theory and application of biological mathematical modeling, complex systems biology, bioinformatics, computational biomodeling stochastic modeling, biostatistics, computational evolutionary biology, comparative genomics, or structural bioinformatics. Also, new types of mathematical problems that arise from biological knowledge shall be covered.

Book Synopsis

This book presents a heterodox approach to studying cancer progression in an individual patient and assessment of the effects of treatment. The book combines methodological, mathematical, statistical and computational sides of cancer modeling with biomedical and clinical insights. Understanding cancer-related processes through mathematical modeling reveals unobservable aspects of the natural history of cancer and unexpected effects of treatment. The book also gives an unvarnished account of what stands in the way of winning the war on cancer.

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