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Record Nr.

UNINA9910254633203321

Titolo

Physical Sciences and Engineering Advances in Life Sciences and Oncology : A WTEC Global Assessment / / edited by Paul Janmey, Daniel Fletcher, Sharon Gerecht, Ross Levine, Parag Mallick, Owen McCarty, Lance Munn, Cynthia Reinhart-King

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2016

ISBN

3-319-17930-6

Edizione

[1st ed. 2016.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (435 p.)

Collana

Science Policy Reports, , 2213-1965

Disciplina

530

Soggetti

Biophysics

Biological physics

Oncology  

Biomedical engineering

Medical physics

Radiation

Biochemistry

Statistical physics

Dynamical systems

Biological and Medical Physics, Biophysics

Oncology

Biomedical Engineering and Bioengineering

Medical and Radiation Physics

Biochemistry, general

Complex Systems

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters.

Nota di contenuto

Foreword -- Executive Summary -- Preface -- ToC -- List of Figures.-Chapter 1 -- Introduction -- Chapter 2 -- Complexity and Information: Cancer as a Multiscale Complex Adaptive System -- Chapter 3 -- Mimicking the Microenvironement -- Chapter 4.- Cancer Cell Mechanics -- Chapter 5.- Fluid Mechanics and Transport in Tumors --



Chapter 6 -- The Dynamics of Cell Motility -- Chapter 7.- Devices and New Diagnostic Principles -- Chapter 8 -- Clinical Perspective -- Appendix A. APHELION Study Panelists and Advisors -- Appendix B. Site Visit Reports - Europe -- Appendix C. Site Visit Reports - Asia -- Appendix D. Site Visit Reports - United Kingdom -- Appendix E. Site Visit Reports - Brazil -- Appendix F. Recent Conferences.

Sommario/riassunto

This book presents an Assessment of Physical Sciences and Engineering Advances in Life Sciences and Oncology (APHELION) by a panel of experts. It covers the status and trends of applying physical sciences and engineering principles to oncology research in leading laboratories and organizations in Europe and Asia. The book elaborates on the six topics identified by the panel that have the greatest potential to advance understanding and treatment of cancer, each covered by a chapter in the book. The study was sponsored by the National Cancer Institute (NCI) at the National Institute of Health (NIH), the National Science Foundation (NSF) and the National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering at the NIH in the US under a cooperative agreement with the World Technology Evaluation Center (WTEC).