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Predicting Tumor Growth

  • September 21, 2014
  • By KIDS DISCOVER

California teen Esha Maiti lost her grandmother to cancer because it was detected too late. Sad but inspired, she came up with a mathematical model to predict tumor growth rates. Someday her algorithm could give doctors a better tool for beating the disease. For now, she’s in college.

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