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Systems Biology Modeling of Nonlinear Cancer Dynamics

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Systems Biology

Part of the book series: Methods in Molecular Biology ((MIMB,volume 1702))

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Systems Biology represents nowadays a promising standard framework for natural and human sciences to attack complicated problems involving Life. Here a particular application of such a program is discussed in the case of Cancer, by using a basic toy model for solid tumor spread for framing together two apparently different conceptual leading paradigms of Oncogenesis.

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  1. Unit of Nonlinear Physics and Mathematical Modeling, Departmental Faculty of Engineering, University Campus Bio-Medico of Rome, Via A. del Portillo 21, 00128, Rome, Italy

    Christian Cherubini, Simonetta Filippi & Alessandro Loppini

  2. International Center for Relativistic Astrophysics—I.C.R.A, University Campus Bio-Medico of Rome, Via A. del Portillo 21, 00128, Rome, Italy

    Christian Cherubini & Simonetta Filippi

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  1. Department of Experimental Medicine, Systems Biology Group Lab, Sapienza University of Rome, Rome, Italy

    Mariano Bizzarri

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Cherubini, C., Filippi, S., Loppini, A. (2018). Systems Biology Modeling of Nonlinear Cancer Dynamics. In: Bizzarri, M. (eds) Systems Biology. Methods in Molecular Biology, vol 1702. Humana Press, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4939-7456-6_10

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