An Introduction to Physical Oncology - How Mechanistic Mathematical Modeling Can Improve Cancer Therapy Outcomes (Hardcover)

Physical oncology has the potential to revolutionize cancer research and treatment. The fundamental rationale behind this approach is that physical processes, such as transport mechanisms for drug molecules within tissue and forces exchanged by cancer cells with tissue, may play an equally important role as biological processes in influencing progression and treatment outcome. This book introduces the emerging field of physical oncology to a general audience, with a focus on recent breakthroughs that help in the design and discovery of more effective cancer treatments. It describes how novel mathematical models of physical transport processes incorporate patient tissue and imaging data routinely produced in the clinic to predict the efficacy of many cancer treatment approaches, including chemotherapy and radiation therapy. By helping to identify which therapies would be most beneficial for an individual patient, and quantifying their effects prior to actual implementation in the clinic, physical oncology allows doctors to design treatment regimens customized to each patient's clinical needs, significantly altering the current clinical approach to cancer treatment and improving the outcomes for patients.

General

Imprint:	Crc Press
Country of origin:	United States
Series:	Chapman & Hall/CRC Mathematical Biology Series
Release date:	July 2017
First published:	2017
Authors:	Vittorio Cristini • Zhihui Wang • Eugene Koay
Dimensions:	254 x 178 x 18mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	204
ISBN-13:	978-1-4665-5134-3
Categories:	Books > Medicine > Clinical & internal medicine > Diseases & disorders > Oncology > General
LSN:	1-4665-5134-8
Barcode:	9781466551343

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