Analysis of tumor as an inverse problem provides a novel theoretical framework for understanding tumor biology and therapy

Applied Mathematics Letters

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 339-345

  Gatenby, R A ^a   Maini, P K ^b   Gawlinski, E T ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c Temple University   (United States)

Author keywords

Mathematical modeling; Tumor host interaction; Tumor invasion; Tumor therapy

Indexed keywords

EID: 31244434734     PISSN: 08939659     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0893-9659(01)00141-0     Document Type: Article

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