This Week in #MathOnco
This week in
Mathematical Oncology
April 17, 2018 ~ Issue 15
From the editor
As a reminder of how far we've come as a community, I've posted an interesting Cell Trends perspective piece on the past (and future) of the Physical Sciences - Oncology Network initiative. The trend to view cancer through the lens of physical sciences shows no signs of slowing.
This is evidenced by newly minted preprints and publications such as modeling metabolism, optimizing screening strategies, theories of somatic evolution, predicting cancer risk, and more.
Enjoy,
-Jeffrey West
#MathOnco Publications
Metabolism is the tie: the Bertalanffy-type cancer growth model as common denominator of various modelling approaches
Authors: Hans H. Diebner, Thomas Zerjatke, Max Griehl, Ingo Roeder
Computational model of progression to multiple myeloma identifies optimum screening strategies
Authors: Philipp M. Altrock, Jeremy Ferlic, Tobias Galla, Michael H. Tomasson, Franziska Michor
Optimizing chemoradiotherapy to target metastatic disease and tumor growth
Authors: Hamidreza Badri, Ehsan Salari, Yoichi Watanabe, Kevin Leder
Special Issue: The NCI Physical Sciences – Oncology Network
Authors: Nastaran Zahir
#MathOnco Preprints
A generalized theory of somatic evolution
Authors: Andrii Rozhok, James DeGregori
Nonlinear dynamics of chemotherapeutic resistance
Authors: Paul Newton, Yongqian Ma
In silico mouse study identifies tumor growth kinetics as biomarkers for the outcome of anti-angiogenic treatment
Authors: Qianhui Wu, Alyssa D Arnheim, Stacey D Finley
What does not kill a tumour may make it stronger: in silico insights into chemotherapeutic drug resistance
Authors: Sara Hamis, Perumal Nithiarasu, Gibin Powathil
Estimation of the cancer risk induced by rejuvenation therapy with young blood and treatment recommendations
Authors: Michael Meyer-Hermann
EGTPLOT: a Python package for 3-strategy evolutionary games
Authors: Inom Mirzaev, Drew Williamson, Jacob G Scott
#MathOnco News
Before cancer kills, it cheats
Athena Aktipis: "In her lecture at the Harvard Museum of Natural History, “Why Cancer Is Everywhere,” she focused on the relation of cancer cells to healthy ones, saying that cancer cells can be thought of as “cheaters” within a system of working cells."
#MathOnco Books
The Mathematics of Darwin's Legacy
F. Chalub and J. Rodrigues:
"The book presents a general overview of mathematical models in the context of evolution. It covers a wide range of topics such as population genetics, population dynamics, speciation, adaptive dynamics, game theory, kin selection, and stochastic processes.."
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