The Physics of Cancer
eBook - PDF

The Physics of Cancer

  1. English
  2. PDF
  3. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - PDF

About this book

Recent years have witnessed an increasing number of theoretical and experimental contributions to cancer research from different fields of physics, from biomechanics and soft-condensed matter physics to the statistical mechanics of complex systems. Reviewing these contributions and providing a sophisticated overview of the topic, this is the first book devoted to the emerging interdisciplinary field of cancer physics. Systematically integrating approaches from physics and biology, it includes topics such as cancer initiation and progression, metastasis, angiogenesis, cancer stem cells, tumor immunology, cancer cell mechanics and migration. Biological hallmarks of cancer are presented in an intuitive yet comprehensive way, providing graduate-level students and researchers in physics with a thorough introduction to this important subject. The impact of the physical mechanisms of cancer are explained through analytical and computational models, making this an essential reference for cancer biologists interested in cutting-edge quantitative tools and approaches coming from physics.

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Yes, you can access The Physics of Cancer by Caterina A. M. La Porta,Stefano Zapperi in PDF and/or ePUB format, as well as other popular books in Sciences biologiques & Biophysique. We have over one million books available in our catalogue for you to explore.

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Half-title page
  3. Title page
  4. Imprint page
  5. Dedication
  6. Contents
  7. Preface
  8. 1 Introduction to the Cell
  9. 2 The Biology of Cancer
  10. 3 A Modeling Toolbox for Cancer Growth
  11. 4 Vascular Hydrodynamics and Tumor Angiogenesis
  12. 5 Cancer Stem Cells and the Population Dynamics of Tumors
  13. 6 Biomechanics of Cancer
  14. 7 Cancer Cell Migration
  15. 8 Chromosome and Chromatin Dynamics in Cancer
  16. 9 Control of Tumor Growth by the Immune System
  17. 10 Pharmacological Approaches: Old and New
  18. 11 Outlook on the Physics of Cancer: A New Interdisciplinary Area
  19. References
  20. Index