A model combining acid-mediated tumour invasion and nutrient dynamics

Nonlinear Analysis: Real World Applications

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 1955-1975

  Bianchini, Lorenzo ^a   Fasano, Antonio ^b  

^a SCUOLA NORMALE SUPERIORE   (Italy)

^b Dipartimento di Matematica U Dini   (Italy)

Author keywords

Free boundary problems; Mathematical models of cancer; Tumour invasion

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DYNAMICS; NUTRIENTS; TUMORS;

EXISTENCE OF SOLUTIONS; FREE BOUNDARY PROBLEMS; HOST TISSUES; NUTRIENT DYNAMICS; PHYSICAL PARAMETERS; QUALITATIVE PROPERTIES; TUMOUR GROWTHS; TUMOUR INVASION;

MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

EID: 61749104329     PISSN: 14681218     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nonrwa.2008.03.001     Document Type: Article

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