layout: single-poster author: esmb day: “All” group: “poster” title: “A Mathematical Framework for Modelling the Metastatic Spread of Cancer” subgroup: “ONCO” presenter: “Linnea Franssen” institution: “Roche Pharmaceutical Research and Early Development (Translational Modeling and Simulation)” abstract: “Cancer is a complex disease that starts with mutations of key genes in one cell or a small group of cells at a primary site in the body. If these cancer cells continue to grow successfully and, at some later stage, invade the surrounding tissue and acquire a vascular network, they can spread to distant secondary sites in the body. This process, known as metastatic spread, is responsible for around 90—
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