8.592 - HST.452J (Spring 2026)

Statistical Physics in Biology

Lecture 6


Evolutionary Biology of Cancer

  1. Haldane's equation for fixation of
  2. Hallmarks of cancer:
  3. Model of tumor progression

Some useful links:

Copy-number changes in cancer https://portals.broadinstitute.org/tcga/home

Somatic mutation in cancer and normal cells https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/26404825/

(Slides from Mirny)

(Mirny Lecture Notes)

(Kardar Lecture Notes)


8.592   last update   9/28/2026    by M. Kardar