A Survey Of Models For Tumor-immune System Dynamics (modeling And Simulation In Science, Engineering And Technology)
by Nicola Bellomo /
2012 / English / PDF
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Mathematical Modeling and Immunology An enormous amount of human
effort and economic resources has been directed in this century to
the fight against cancer. The purpose, of course, has been to find
strategies to overcome this hard, challenging and seemingly endless
struggle. We can readily imagine that even greater efforts will be
required in the next century. The hope is that ultimately humanity
will be successful; success will have been achieved when it is
possible to activate and control the immune system in its
competition against neoplastic cells. Dealing with the
above-mentioned problem requires the fullest pos sible cooperation
among scientists working in different fields: biology, im
munology, medicine, physics and, we believe, mathematics.
Certainly, bi ologists and immunologists will make the greatest
contribution to the re search. However, it is now increasingly
recognized that mathematics and computer science may well able to
make major contributions to such prob lems. We cannot expect
mathematicians alone to solve fundamental prob lems in immunology
and (in particular) cancer research, but valuable sup port,
however modest, can be provided by mathematicians to the research
aspirations of biologists and immunologists working in this field.
Mathematical Modeling and Immunology An enormous amount of human
effort and economic resources has been directed in this century to
the fight against cancer. The purpose, of course, has been to find
strategies to overcome this hard, challenging and seemingly endless
struggle. We can readily imagine that even greater efforts will be
required in the next century. The hope is that ultimately humanity
will be successful; success will have been achieved when it is
possible to activate and control the immune system in its
competition against neoplastic cells. Dealing with the
above-mentioned problem requires the fullest pos sible cooperation
among scientists working in different fields: biology, im
munology, medicine, physics and, we believe, mathematics.
Certainly, bi ologists and immunologists will make the greatest
contribution to the re search. However, it is now increasingly
recognized that mathematics and computer science may well able to
make major contributions to such prob lems. We cannot expect
mathematicians alone to solve fundamental prob lems in immunology
and (in particular) cancer research, but valuable sup port,
however modest, can be provided by mathematicians to the research
aspirations of biologists and immunologists working in this field.