2 papers
q-bio.TO2025
A mathematical perspective on the paradox that chemotherapy sometimes works backwards
Luis A. Fernández, Isabel Lasheras, Cecilia Pola
Doctors are well aware that sometimes cancer treatments not only fail, but even work backwards, i.e. they make the treated tumor grow. In this work we present a mathematical perspe…
math.OC2021
A mathematical justification for metronomic chemotherapy in oncology
Luis A. Fernández, Cecilia Pola, Judith Sáinz-Pardo
We mathematically justify metronomic chemotherapy as the best strategy to apply most cytotoxic drugs in oncology for both curative and palliative approaches, assuming the classical…