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020			_a9781316271759 (ebook)
020			_z9781107109599 (hardback)
040			_aUkCbUP _beng _erda _cUkCbUP
050	0	0	_aQH447 _b.L37 2017
082	0	0	_a571.6 _223
100	1		_aLa Porta, Caterina, _d1966- _eauthor.
245	1	4	_aThe physics of cancer / _cCaterina A. M. La Porta, Università degli Studi di Milano, Stefano Zapperi, Università degli Studi di Milano.
264		1	_aCambridge : _bCambridge University Press, _c2017.
300			_a1 online resource (xiv, 172 pages) : _bdigital, PDF file(s).
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
337			_acomputer _bc _2rdamedia
338			_aonline resource _bcr _2rdacarrier
500			_aTitle from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 12 May 2017).
505	0		_aIntroduction 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.
520			_aRecent years have witnessed an increasing number of theoretical and experimental contributions to cancer research from different fields of physics, from biomechanics and soft-condensed matter physics to the statistical mechanics of complex systems. Reviewing these contributions and providing a sophisticated overview of the topic, this is the first book devoted to the emerging interdisciplinary field of cancer physics. Systematically integrating approaches from physics and biology, it includes topics such as cancer initiation and progression, metastasis, angiogenesis, cancer stem cells, tumor immunology, cancer cell mechanics and migration. Biological hallmarks of cancer are presented in an intuitive yet comprehensive way, providing graduate-level students and researchers in physics with a thorough introduction to this important subject. The impact of the physical mechanisms of cancer are explained through analytical and computational models, making this an essential reference for cancer biologists interested in cutting-edge quantitative tools and approaches coming from physics.
650		0	_aEukaryotic cells.
650		0	_aDNA replication.
650		0	_aCancer.
650		0	_aCancer cells.
700	1		_aZapperi, Stefano, _eauthor.
776	0	8	_iPrint version: _z9781107109599
856	4	0	_uhttps://doi.org/10.1017/9781316271759
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