A mathematical model for tumor cords incorporating the flow of interstitial fluid

Mathematical Models and Methods in Applied Sciences

Volumn 15, Issue 11, 2005, Pages 1735-1777

  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 PDE's; Tumor growth

Indexed keywords

EID: 27644540984     PISSN: 02182025     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1142/S0218202505000959     Document Type: Article

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