Modelling of early lung cancer progression: Influence of growth factor production and cooperation between partially transformed cells

Mathematical Models and Methods in Applied Sciences

Volumn 17, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2007, Pages 1693-1719

  Marciniak Czochra, Anna ^a   Kimmel, Marek ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^b Rice University   (United States)

^c SILESIAN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Poland)

Author keywords

Cancer modelling; Mutualism; Pattern formation; Reaction diffusion equations; Spike solutions

Indexed keywords

EID: 35348904369     PISSN: 02182025     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1142/S0218202507002443     Document Type: Article

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