Exploring the Role of OR/MS in Cancer Research

This study aims to explore and analyze the significant role of Operations Research/Management Science (OR/MS) in the field of cancer research. The purpose of this work is to identify and highlight the various applications, methodologies, and contributions of OR/MS techniques in advancing cancer research, as well as to establish how OR/MS can effectively contribute to the development of innovative strategies, optimization of treatment protocols, decision-making processes, and overall improvement in cancer treatment. Fifteen papers with an extensive diversity of motivations were explored. Optimization of radiation therapy treatment plan, cancer prevention and personalized cancer therapy were some of the objectives of these works. Robust optimization, multi-objective optimization, Mixed Integer Programming, simulation and optimal control are some of the OR/MS techniques applied to cancer analysis.