Implications of acidic tumor microenvironment for neoplastic growth and cancer treatment: A computer analysis

Tumor Biology

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 133-154

  Kraus, Michael ^a   Wolf, Bernhard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Computer simulation; Immune response; Invasion; Mathematical modelling; pH intracellular; pH microenvironmental; Signal transduction; Tumor growth

Indexed keywords

CANCER THERAPY; CELL INVASION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HUMAN; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MICROENVIRONMENT; PH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TUMOR GROWTH;

EID: 0029970607     PISSN: 10104283     EISSN: 14230380     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000217977     Document Type: Article

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