Improving Cancer Treatment via Mathematical Modeling: Surmounting the Challenges Is Worth the Effort
Author(s) -
Franziska Michor,
Kathryn Beal
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
cell
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 26.304
H-Index - 776
eISSN - 1097-4172
pISSN - 0092-8674
DOI - 10.1016/j.cell.2015.11.002
Subject(s) - biology , cancer , cancer drugs , cancer treatment , population , key (lock) , field (mathematics) , drug administration , risk analysis (engineering) , computational biology , management science , bioinformatics , pharmacology , engineering , ecology , genetics , environmental health , medicine , mathematics , pure mathematics
Drug delivery schedules are key factors in the efficacy of cancer therapies, and mathematical modeling of population dynamics and treatment responses can be applied to identify better drug administration regimes as well as provide mechanistic insights. To capitalize on the promise of this approach, the cancer field must meet the challenges of moving this type of work into clinics.
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