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Course Info

  • Course Number / Code:
  • 10.548J (Fall 2005) 
  • Course Title:
  • Tumor Pathophysiology and Transport Phenomena 
  • Course Level:
  • Graduate 
  • Offered by :
  • Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
    Massachusetts, United States  
  • Department:
  • Health Sciences and Technology 
  • Course Instructor(s):
  • Dr. Rakesh Jain
    Dr. Dan Duda
    Dr. Pat D'Amore
    Dr. Robert Langer
    Prof. Robert Weinberg
    Dr. Marsha Moses
    Dr. Raghu Kalluri
    Dr. Lance Munn 
  • Course Introduction:
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  • HST.525J / 10.548J Tumor Pathophysiology and Transport Phenomena



    Fall 2005




    Course Highlights


    This course features a selection of lecture notes and samples of student work on the assignments page.


    Course Description


    Tumor pathophysiology plays a central role in the growth, invasion, metastasis and treatment of solid tumors. This class applies principles of transport phenomena to develop a systems-level, quantitative understanding of angiogenesis, blood flow and microcirculation, metabolism and microenvironment, transport and binding of small and large molecules, movement of cancer and immune cells, metastatic process, and treatment response.
     

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