Suhrit Dey - Mathematical and Computational Studies on Progress, Prognosis, Prevention and Panacea of Breast Cancer

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I was honored to receive the invitation to write this foreword to Prof. S. K. Deys monograph on Mathematical and Computational Studies on Progress, Prognosis, Prevention and Panacea of Breast Cancer. I have the unique privilege of knowing Prof. Dey for over 50 years: first as an undergraduate student at Eastern Illinois University, completing my first differential equations course under his instruction. He was my mentor and advisor through my B.S. and M.A. studies. I was his student when his son and coauthor S. Charlie Dey was born. I have worked with Prof. Dey at Argonne National Laboratory and NASA Ames Research Center. Professor Dey is the finest applied mathematician I have had the privilege to learn from and work with.

One enjoyable encounter was in 1978 at Argonne National Laboratory. I was working with Dr. Marvin Breig, a visiting physics professor also from Eastern Illinois University. Professor Dey walked in very excitingly and asked Prof. Breig what is a plasma? We asked why do you want to know? Professor Dey said, Because I have just told the Physics Division that I can solve a system of equations that model a plasma problem that they have been stuck on for many months. Please tell me what plasma is? He soon provided the Physics Division with a solution to their problem.

His career has documented the successful application of mathematics toward solutions of some of the most challenging physics, engineering, and medical challenges of the past few decades. His work in bioscience and cancer was set into motion with his publication on the mathematical modeling of chemical kinetics at the University of California, Berkeley, in 1982. Over the past four decades, he has been invited to lecture on mathematical models to fight the war on breast cancer at numerous universities, research institutions, and hospitals internationally. Oncologists and medical researchers have consulted with Prof. Dey on how to improve his models, and in particular, he has received enthusiastic comments and suggestions from the oncologists Dr. Charles Wiseman of St. Vincent Hospital in Los Angeles, California, and Dr. Characiejus of Vilnius Hospital in Vilnius, Lithuania.

I have heard experts in cell biology saying Prof. Dey has the science correct in his journal publication, but I cant understand all the mathematics, and experts in mathematics have said the mathematics is correct but I dont understand all of the biology. This monograph hopefully will help readers bridge their knowledge across both disciplines.