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We are happy to announce the release of POB1 monograph: Recent advances in computational oncology and personalized medicine. Vol. 3, Crossing borders, connecting science

The third volume in our ongoing series is dedicated to the continuous exploration of recent research and practical solutions in the area of computational oncology and personalized medicine, which are the major topics in Priority Research Area #1 (POB1) of the Silesian University of Technology. Within these pages, you will find the culmination of efforts from a consortium of scientists, students, and collaborative partners from academia or the socio-economic environment. Together, they performed innovative investigations and carefully described their findings to provide valuable insights into medical science. As you read through these chapters, you'll discover that many stories are shaped in response to the practical needs expressed by medical colleagues. We warmly invite you to explore the abundant knowledge and potential that lie within these pages.

Most of the chapters represent topics related to bioinformatics, including medical imaging informatics (quantization of H&E stained histopathological images; analysis of bacterial cell viability through confocal microscopy), cancer-related research (expression of cytokines in colorectal cancer; clonal evolution/somatic mutations in cancers), new data processing and analysis tools (dystrophy patients stratification system; DNA sequencing reads simulator; oxford nanopore mapper), supporting the rehabilitation process (accessibility analysis of mobile rehabilitation applications and websites; games supporting rehabilitation) as well as other general applications (proliferation effect of exposure to electromagnetic field). The other group of chapters is focused on biomodelling (analysis of the process of heating biological tissue and its thermal damage; musculoskeletal modeling), biomaterials engineering (synthesis of a biodegradable and bioresorbable blood vessel scaffold), and public health-related problems (epidemiological studies of dengue fever and typhoid fever).

Publication was financed by the state budget as a part of the “Excellence Initiative – Research University” program implemented at the Silesian University of Technology.