A cellular automaton model for tumour growth in inhomogeneous environment

Journal of Theoretical Biology

Volumn 225, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 257-274

  Alarcon T ^a   Byrne, H M ^b   Maini, P K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Blood flow; Cellular automaton; Heterogeneity; Tumour growth

Indexed keywords

OXYGEN;

CELLULAR AUTOMATON;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BLOOD FLOW; BLOOD RHEOLOGY; CALCULATION; CANCER CELL; CANCER INVASION; CELL ACTIVITY; CELL CULTURE; CELL DIVISION; CELL GROWTH; CELL HETEROGENEITY; CELL INVASION; CIRCULATION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ERYTHROCYTE; FLOW KINETICS; HEMATOCRIT; HUMAN; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; METABOLISM; METASTASIS; NEOPLASM; NEOVASCULARIZATION (PATHOLOGY); OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PATHOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THEORETICAL MODEL; TUMOR GROWTH; VASCULARIZATION;

EID: 0142248828     PISSN: 00225193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-5193(03)00244-3     Document Type: Article

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