A free boundary problem with unilateral constraints describing the evolution of a tumor cord under the influence of cell killing agents

SIAM Journal on Mathematical Analysis

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 882-915

  Bertuzzi, Alessandro ^a   Fasano, Antonio ^b   Gandolfi, Alberto ^a  

^a CNR   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cancer treatment; Free boundary problems for PDEs; Tumor growth

Indexed keywords

BLOOD VESSELS; INTEGRATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; ONCOLOGY; PARTIAL DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS; PERTURBATION TECHNIQUES; TUMORS;

FREE BOUNDARY PROBLEMS FOR PDE; NECROSIS; THERAPEUTIC TREATMENTS; TUMOR GROWTH;

CELLS;

EID: 18744372738     PISSN: 00361410     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1137/S003614002406060     Document Type: Article

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