A computational framework for modelling solid tumour growth

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences

Volumn 366, Issue 1879, 2008, Pages 3301-3318

  Lloyd, Bryn A ^a   Szczerba, Dominik ^a   Rudin, Markus ^a   Székely, Gábor ^a  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Angiogenesis; Mathematical model; Oxygen transport; Simulation; Tumour growth

Indexed keywords

CHEMOTHERAPY; CHLORINE COMPOUNDS; DIFFERENCE EQUATIONS; DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS; DIFFERENTIATION (CALCULUS); DRUG DELIVERY; DRUG DOSAGE; DRUG THERAPY; ECOLOGY; HEMODYNAMICS; INFORMATION RETRIEVAL SYSTEMS; OXYGENATION; PARTIAL DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS;

ANGIOGENESIS; ANTI-CANCER DRUGS; BLOOD FLOWS; CELLULAR LEVELS; COMPUTATIONAL FRAMEWORK; DIFFERENT SCALES; EFFECTIVE THERAPY; GROWTH PROCESSES; IN-SILICO; INTEGRATIVE FRAMEWORK; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MECHANICAL DEFORMATIONS; MODEL COMPONENTS; OXYGEN TRANSPORT; RELEVANT COMPONENTS; SIMULATION; SPACE AND TIME; TREATMENT STRATEGIES; TUMOUR GROWTH; VASCULAR SYSTEM;

TUMORS;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CELL CULTURE; CELL PROLIFERATION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HUMAN; NEOPLASM; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; CELL PROLIFERATION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HUMANS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; NEOPLASMS; TUMOR CELLS, CULTURED;

EID: 49549107320     PISSN: 1364503X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsta.2008.0092     Document Type: Article

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