Advancing cancer systems biology: Introducing the Center for the Development of a Virtual Tumor, CViT

Cancer Informatics

Volumn 5, Issue , 2007, Pages 1-8

  Deisboeck, Thomas S ^a   Zhang, Le ^a   Martin, Sean ^b  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b IBM   (United States)

Author keywords

Cancer; Complexity; Digital model repository; Multi scale computational tumor modeling; Semantic layered research platform; Systems biology

Indexed keywords

BIOINFORMATICS; BIOLOGY; CANCER CENTER; CANCER MODEL; CANCER RESEARCH; CARCINOGENESIS; CENTER FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF A VIRTUAL TUMOR; COMMUNITY; COMPUTER MODEL; COMPUTER PROGRAM; DIGITAL IMAGING; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; REVIEW; SEMANTIC DIFFERENTIAL METHOD; SIMULATION; ARTICLE; DISEASE SIMULATION; NATIONAL HEALTH ORGANIZATION; SYSTEMS BIOLOGY;

EID: 45849117153     PISSN: 11769351     EISSN: 11769351     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/117693510700500001     Document Type: Review

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