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The mathematician versus the malignancy

Patients have long received cancer treatments at the maximum tolerated dose on a regular schedule. Could a more sophisticated approach save lives? Elie Dolgin meets one mathematical biologist whose theories are now being tested in the clinic to see if they can improve the efficacy of today's anticancer arsenal.

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Dolgin, E. The mathematician versus the malignancy. Nat Med 20, 460–463 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1038/nm0514-460

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