173d Optimal Control of Cancer by Delivery of Chemotherapeutic Agents

Pinky Dua, Vivek Dua, and Efstratios N. Pistikopoulos Cancer is a collective term that describes a group of diseases characterized by uncontrolled and unregulated growth of cells leading to invasion of surrounding tissues and spreading to the parts of the body that are distant from the site of origin. There are around 200 types of cancer and the cancer of lungs, breast, bowel and prostrate are the most common ones. Surgery, chemotherapy, radiotherapy, hormone therapy and immunotherapy are the most commonly used treatments of cancer. The focus of this presentation is on chemotherapy, which can be used in combination with any of the other treatments.