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This year, approximately 350,000 Americans will die from cancer. The number of new cases which develop yearly is twice this figure. Cancer strikes 7,000 children each year. The purpose of this monograph is to indicate how mathematicians can play an important role in irradicating this disease.
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Eisen, M. (1979). Introduction. In: Mathematical Models in Cell Biology and Cancer Chemotherapy. Lecture Notes in Biomathematics, vol 30. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-93126-0_1
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