Inducing catastrophe in malignant growth

Mathematical Medicine and Biology

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 267-283

  Gatenby, Robert A ^a   Frieden, B Roy ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

Cancer as chronic disease; Catastrophe theory; Including catastrophe in malignancy; Optimal chemotherapy

Indexed keywords

CHEMOTHERAPY; DISEASE CONTROL; IMMUNE SYSTEM; SYSTEM THEORY;

CANCER AS CHRONIC DISEASE; CANCER GROWTH; CATASTROPHE THEORY; CHRONIC DISEASE; COSINE-MODULATED; IMMUNE RESPONSE; INCLUDING CATASTROPHE IN MALIGNANCY; OPTIMAL CHEMOTHERAPY; THERAPEUTIC ACTIVITY; TIME DEPENDENT;

DISEASES;

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT;

ALLELE; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER GROWTH; CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER REGRESSION; CANCER RELAPSE; CANCER SURVIVAL; DISEASE ACTIVITY; DISEASE COURSE; GROWTH RATE; HUMAN; IMMUNE SYSTEM; ITALY; MASTECTOMY; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; PASSIVE IMMUNIZATION; PREDICTION; TIME; TREATMENT FAILURE;

EID: 51349116179     PISSN: 14778599     EISSN: 14778602     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/imammb/dqn014     Document Type: Article

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