Editorial
Evolution and cancer: a mathematical biology approach
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Correspondence: Marek Kimmel kimmel@rice.edu
Department of Statistics, Rice University, Houston, TX 77005, USA
Systems Engineering Group, Silesian University of Technology, 44-100 Gliwice, Poland
Biology Direct 2010, 5:29 doi:10.1186/1745-6150-5-29
Published: 20 April 2010First paragraph (this article has no abstract)
This thematic series is concerned with various ways Evolution is intertwined with cancer. A group of cancer researchers and mathematical modelers, with an interest in the subject, was invited to contribute papers on topics ranging from carcinogenesis through progression of cancer through therapy. The resulting collection of ten papers is briefly introduced below. Publication of the series was planned to coincide with Darwin's Year, 2009, however various obstacles delayed publication.