[extropy-chat] Fighting Cancer with Math

[Mike Lorrey]

--- scerir <scerir at libero.it> wrote:

> Samantha Atkins
> > Was this article translated from another language?
> 
> full paper here (I did not read it)
>
http://www.aecientificos.es/empresas/aecientificos/documentos/BiophysicalJou
> rnal.pdf
> 
> as far as I know Volterra-Lotka integrodifferential
> equations can - in principle - provide the general
> behaviour. At least they can provide the best
> *timing* for treatments, rays, chemio, etc.

One of the problems with chemo and radiation therapies is that  they
are more toxic to the patient than the tumor is, often, so it is
frequently just a race to kill the tumor before the patient dies from
the treatment. A better treatment protocol would improve the odds.

Mike Lorrey
Vice-Chair, 2nd District, Libertarian Party of NH
"Necessity is the plea for every infringement of human freedom.
It is the argument of tyrants; it is the creed of slaves."
                                      -William Pitt (1759-1806) 
Blog: http://intlib.blogspot.com


		
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