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The physics of cancer /

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: La Porta, Caterina, 1966- (Author), Zapperi, Stefano (Author)
Corporate Author: Cambridge University Press
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2017.
Subjects:
Cancer cells.
Cancer.
DNA replication.
Eukaryotic cells.
Biomechanical Phenomena.
Cell Physiological Phenomena.
Cell Transformation, Neoplastic.
Tumor Microenvironment.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction to the cell
  • The biology of cancer
  • A modeling toolbox for cancer growth
  • Vascular hydrodynamics and tumor angiogenesis
  • Cancer stem cells and the population dynamics of tumors
  • Biomechanics of cancer
  • Cancer cell migration
  • Chromosome and chromatin dynamics in cancer
  • Control of tumor growth by the immune system
  • Pharmacological approaches : old and new
  • Outlook on the physics of cancer : a new interdisciplinary area.