The dynamics of tumor growth and cells pattern morphology

Mathematical Biosciences and Engineering

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 547-559

  Izquierdo Kulich, Elena ^a   De Quesada, Margarita Amigó ^b   Pérez Amor, Carlos Manuel ^a   Texeira, Magda Lopes ^c   Nieto Villar, José Manuel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAVANA   (Cuba)

^b INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE ONCOLOGÍA Y RADIOBIOLOGÍA   (Cuba)

^c INSTITUTO SUPERIOR POLITÉCNICO JOSÉ ANTONIO ECHEVERRÍA   (Cuba)

Author keywords

Fractal; Mesoscopic model; Pattern cell morphology; Stochastic model; Tumor growth

Indexed keywords

APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CELL PROLIFERATION; FRACTAL ANALYSIS; HUMAN; IMMUNOLOGY; MITOSIS; NEOPLASM;

APOPTOSIS; CELL PROLIFERATION; FRACTALS; HUMANS; MITOSIS; MODELS, IMMUNOLOGICAL; NEOPLASMS;

EID: 70349648641     PISSN: 15471063     EISSN: 15510018     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3934/mbe.2009.6.547     Document Type: Article

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