Cancer as a dynamical phase transition

Theoretical Biology and Medical Modelling

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2011, Pages

  Davies, Paul C W ^a   Demetrius, Lloyd ^b,c   Tuszynski, Jack A ^d,e  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR MOLECULAR GENETICS   (Germany)

^d CROSS CANCER INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; ENERGY METABOLISM; HUMAN; METABOLISM; NEOPLASM; PATHOLOGY; PHASE TRANSITION; THERMODYNAMICS;

ENERGY METABOLISM; HUMANS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; NEOPLASMS; PHASE TRANSITION; THERMODYNAMICS;

EID: 80052031477     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17424682     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1742-4682-8-30     Document Type: Review

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