Cancer can arise from any cell type in the body and is one of the major causes of death in the developing world. Medically, cancer can be defined as an inappropriate, excessive, and continuous proliferation of transformed cells. As a result, secondary tumours may arise in distant sites of the body.
Treatment then becomes difficult.
The speakers in the minisymposia covered a wide range of problems associated with cancer growth, from the early avascular stages, through the process of angiogenesis, to the vascular, invasive phase. Some speakers considered the modelling of chemotherapy treatment of cancer. A similarly wide range of mathematical techniques was on display. Partial differential equation models, continuum mechanics models, dynamical systems theory, bifurcation theory, stochastic differential equations, numerical analysis were all used in the modelling of this important area in mathematical biology. Use our suggestion box or send e-mail to the Online Services Manager.