This week in MathOnco 340
MathOnco25 abstract submission, game theory, virtual trials, adaptive therapy, and multi-scale modeling…
“This week in Mathematical Oncology” — August 14, 2025
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From the editor:
This week’s issue contains topics like game theory, virtual trials, adaptive therapy, and multi-scale modeling…
Only two more weeks to submit an abstract to Math Onco 25 in St Pete Beach, Florida! You’re not going to want to miss it! Submit early for consideration of travel award, and stay the following week for the IMO Workshop, too.
Enjoy,
Jeffrey West (jeffrey.west@moffitt.org)
Gaming the cancer–immunity cycle by synchronizing the dose schedules
Saeedeh Mahmoodifar, Kristina Stuckey, Paul K. NewtonMultiscale mathematical model-informed reinforcement learning optimizes combination treatment scheduling in glioblastoma evolution
Zeming Liu, Ji Zhang, Liu Hong, Qing Nie, Xiaoqiang SunParrondo's paradox in tumor ecosystems: Adaptive therapy strategies to delay the development of drug resistance
De-Ming Liu, Yi-Yang Liu, Zhi-Xi Wu, and Jian-Yue GuanTopological classification of tumour-immune interactions and dynamics
Jingjie Yang, Heidi Fang, Jagdeep Dhesi, Iris HR Yoon, Joshua A Bull, Helen M Byrne, Heather A Harrington, Gillian GrindstaffModular-type nonlinearity in the modeling of tumor spheroid growth
N. T. Levashova, E. A. Generalov, A. E. Sidorova & A. N. GoltsovTrusting emulated trials: when real-world data predict real-world results in ovarian cancer.
Jochum F, Hamy AS, Dumas E, Gougis P, Akladios C.Causal machine learning for heterogeneous treatment effects in the presence of missing outcome data.
Pryce M, Diaz-Ordaz K, Keogh RH, Vansteelandt S.An imaging-informed mechanical framework to provide a quantitative description of brain tumour growth and the subsequent deformation of white matter tracts
F. Ballatore, G. Lucci, A. Borio, and C. GiversoThe role of environmentally mediated drug resistance in facilitating the spatial distribution of residual disease
Amy Milne, Andriy Marusyk, Philip K. Maini, Alexander R. A. Anderson & Noemi Picco
Multiscale Modeling of Tumor Angiogenesis and Resistance Evolution: A Hybrid PDE–ABM Framework for Cancer Prediction and Therapy Planning
Louis Shuo Wang, Zonghao Liu, Ye Liang, Jianmin Wang, Jiguang Yu
The newsletter now has a dedicated homepage where we post the cover artwork for each issue. We encourage submissions that coincide with the release of a recent paper from your group. This week’s artwork:
Based on the preprint: A bibliometric study on mathematical oncology: interdisciplinarity, internationality, collaboration and trending topics published on arXiv
Artist: Kira Pugh and Sara Hamis
Caption: Inspired by Pink Floyds' iconic 1973 album cover, the citation-V shows the spectra of disciplines that are cited by (left) and cite (right) mathematical oncology articles published in five leading mathematical biology journals between 1961 and 2024. Citation flows among the five focus journals are shown in orange. From left to right, other disciplines are: mathematics and life sciences (blue), mathematics (red), life sciences (green), multidisciplinary (purple), STEM and life sciences (yellow), and other (grey). The figure notably reflects that mathematical oncology inspires both life sciences and mathematics.
Read more about our bibliometric study leading up to the artwork here.
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