Caterina La Porta, Stefano Zapperi

The Physics of Cancer

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

An introduction to the emerging field of cancer physics, integrating cancer biology with approaches from theoretical and applied physics.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 188
• Erscheinungstermin: 26. März 2019
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 250mm x 175mm x 15mm
• Gewicht: 516g
• ISBN-13: 9781107109599
• ISBN-10: 1107109590
• Artikelnr.: 48434688

Autorenporträt

Caterina A. M. La Porta is Associate Professor of General Pathology at Università degli Studi di Milano and group leader of the Molecular Oncology Laboratory there. In 2015, she founded the university's Center for Complexity and Biosystems. She has organized several interdisciplinary workshops on the physics of cancer funded by the European Center for Atomic and Molecular Calculations (CECAM) and the European Science Foundation (ESF).

Inhaltsangabe

Preface
1. Introduction to the cell
2. The biology of cancer
3. A modeling toolbox for cancer growth
4. Vascular hydrodynamics and tumor angiogenesis
5. Cancer stem cells and the population dynamics of tumors
6. Biomechanics of cancer
7. Cancer cell migration
8. Chromosome and chromatin dynamics in cancer
9. Control of tumor growth by the immune system
10. Pharmacological approaches: old and new
11. Outlook on the physics of cancer: a new interdisciplinary area
References
Index.