Diseases of Development

Diseases of development are diseases associated
with industrial and social progress, whereby periods
of great human achievements paradoxically coincide
with negative manifestations in broad patterns of
health. In this book we investigate mathematical
models concerned with some of the better known
diseases of development. The first part of the book
is devoted to the study of poliomyelitis epidemics
in developed countries.In the second part of the
book, we consider a particular form of cancer,
bladder cancer, which is a widespread disease in the
developed word. The polio model is analysed in terms
of its bifurcation properties and in terms of its
nonequilibrium outbreak dynamics. We present the
first model for the treatment of bladder cancer via
immunotherapy with Bacillus Calmette-Gue rin (BCG).
The purpose of this research is to develop a
mathematical model described the tumor-immune
interactions in the bladder as a result of BCG
therapy.

Autorentext

I finished the PhD in Biomathematics Unit,Tel-Aviv University with Supervisor Prof. Lewi Stone on subject "Mathematical modeling in Medicine and Biology".PostPhD research: "Mathematical models in the oncology. Now I work as the lecturer in University and the researcher in the Mathematical oncology field.

Klappentext

"Diseases of development" are diseases associated with industrial and social progress, whereby periods of great human achievements paradoxically coincide with negative manifestations in broad patterns of health. In this book we investigate mathematical models concerned with some of the better known diseases of development. The first part of the book is devoted to the study of poliomyelitis epidemics in developed countries.In the second part of the book, we consider a particular form of cancer, bladder cancer, which is a widespread disease in the developed word. The polio model is analysed in terms of its bifurcation properties and in terms of its nonequilibrium outbreak dynamics. We present the first model for the treatment of bladder cancer via immunotherapy with Bacillus Calmette-Gue´rin (BCG). The purpose of this research is to develop a mathematical model described the tumor-immune interactions in the bladder as a result of BCG therapy.