Mathematical oncology: How are the mathematical and physical sciences contributing to the war on breast cancer?

Current Breast Cancer Reports

Volumn 2, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 121-129

  Chauviere, Arnaud H ^a   Hatzikirou, Haralampos ^a   Lowengrub, John S ^b   Frieboes, Hermann B ^a   Thompson, Alastair M ^c,d   Cristini, Vittorio ^a,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^e The University of Texas at Austin   (United States)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; Mathematics; Modeling; Multiscale; Oncology; Physics

Indexed keywords

BIOPHYSICS; BREAST CANCER; CANCER GROWTH; DRUG DELIVERY SYSTEM; HYPOXIA; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MATHEMATICS; METASTASIS; ONCOLOGY; PREDICTION; REVIEW; SCIENCE; THEORY;

EID: 77955559768     PISSN: 19434588     EISSN: 19434596     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12609-010-0020-6     Document Type: Review

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