What does physics have to do with cancer?
Cet article décrit les objectifs d'un projet du National Cancer Institute américain visant à faire collaborer des physiciens, mathématiciens, ingénieurs et chimistes avec les biologistes dans les recherches sur le cancer
Large-scale cancer genomics, proteomics and RNA-sequencing efforts are currently mapping in fine detail the genetic and biochemical alterations that occur in cancer. However, it is becoming clear that it is difficult to integrate and interpret these data and to translate them into treatments. This difficulty is compounded by the recognition that cancer cells evolve, and that initiation, progression and metastasis are influenced by a wide variety of factors. To help tackle this challenge, the US National Cancer Institute Physical Sciences-Oncology Centers initiative is bringing together physicists, cancer biologists, chemists, mathematicians and engineers. How are we beginning to address cancer from the perspective of the physical sciences?
Nature Reviews Cancer , résumé, 2010