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April 8, 2021 at 1:03pm
An FIU physicist has published a book on cancer research conducted by physicists that provides new information in the long-term battle against the deadly disease.
The
Physics of Cancer: Research Advances, edited by Professor Bernard Gerstman, describes discoveries physicists have made on the mechanical and chemical properties of cancer cells and new physics-based approaches for understanding the complex interactions between cancer cells in tumors.
While the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has noted the cancer death rate fell over a 20-year period from 1999 to 2019, Gerstman notes treating cancer is difficult because of its complexity.