A model at the macroscopic scale of prostate tumor growth under intermittent androgen suppression

Mathematical Models and Methods in Applied Sciences

Volumn 19, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 2177-2201

  Tao, Youshan ^a   Guo, Qian ^b   Aihara, Kazuyuki ^c,d  

^a DONGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b SHANGHAI NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c INSTITUTE OF INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE   (Japan)

^d JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Androgen independent cells; Competition; Intermittent androgen suppression; Macroscopic model; Prostate cancer

Indexed keywords

ANDROGEN SUPPRESSION; ANDROGEN-INDEPENDENT CELLS; MACROSCOPIC MODEL; PROSTATE CANCER; PROSTATE CANCERS;

COMPETITION; COMPUTER SIMULATION;

TUMORS;

EID: 75649115406     PISSN: 02182025     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1142/S021820250900408X     Document Type: Article

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