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The sciences converge to fight cancer

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The Physical Sciences–Oncology Centers in the US bring together scientists from all backgrounds to tackle some of the most important questions in cancer research.

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  1. David B. Agus is at the Center for Applied Molecular Medicine, University of Southern California Keck School of Medicine and Viterbi School of Engineering, 9033 Wilshire Boulevard, Suite 300, Beverly Hills, California 90211, USA,

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  2. Franziska Michor is in the Department of Biostatistics and Computational Biology, USA and the Department of Biostatistics, Dana–Farber Cancer Institute, 450 Brookline Avenue, Boston, Massachusetts 02215-5450, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts 02215, USA,

    Franziska Michor

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Agus, D., Michor, F. The sciences converge to fight cancer. Nature Phys 8, 773–774 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1038/nphys2464

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