The physics of cancer /

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: La Porta, Caterina, 1966
Group Author: Zapperi, Stefano
Published: Cambridge University Press,
Publisher Address: Cambridge, United Kingdom :
Publication Dates: 2017.
Literature type: Book
Language: English
Subjects:
Carrier Form: xiv, 172 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm
Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references (pages 141-170) and index.
ISBN: 9781107109599 (hardback) :
1107109590 (hardback)
Index Number: QH447
CLC: R730.21
Call Number: R730.21/L315
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.