Using math to answer cancer’s biggest questions
One of the most important parts of science is asking the right questions. As an engineer trying to break into medical research, Joseph Butner, Ph.D., found that some of the questions he was trying to answer weren’t actually all that important to oncologists in the clinic and they weren’t translating into new or better treatments for patients.
But Butner was certain that if the right mathematical methods that have traditionally been used to solve engineering and physics problems were applied to medicine, then he could tap into opportunities and advancements in therapeutic approaches that could change patients’ lives.
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