An Introduction to Physical Oncology How Mechanistic Mathematical Modeling Can Improve Cancer Therapy Outcomes
Synopsis
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.
Book details
- Series:
- Chapman & Hall/CRC Mathematical and Computational Biology
- Author:
- Vittorio Cristini, Eugene Koay, Zhihui Wang
- ISBN:
- 9781315356884
- Related ISBNs:
- 9781032242798, 9781466551343, 9781315374499
- Publisher:
- CRC Press
- Pages:
- 164
- Reading age:
- Not specified
- Includes images:
- Yes
- Date of addition:
- 2023-07-12
- Usage restrictions:
- Copyright
- Copyright date:
- 2017
- Copyright by:
- Taylor & Francis Group, LLC
- Adult content:
- No
- Language:
- English
- Categories:
- Mathematics and Statistics, Medicine, Nonfiction, Science