A mathematical model for progression and heterogeneity in colorectal cancer dynamics

Theoretical Population Biology

Volumn 79, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 130-138

  Delitala, Marcello ^a   Lorenzi, Tommaso ^a  

^a POLITECNICO DI TORINO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cancer modeling; Dynamical systems; Evolution; Nonlinearity

Indexed keywords

CANCER; EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; HETEROGENEITY; MUTATION; NUMERICAL MODEL; SUBPOPULATION;

ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL TRANSFORMATION; COLORECTAL TUMOR; DISEASE COURSE; GENETIC HETEROGENEITY; HUMAN; MATHEMATICS; MUTATION; PATHOLOGY;

CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL TRANSFORMATION, NEOPLASTIC; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; DISEASE PROGRESSION; GENETIC HETEROGENEITY; HUMANS; MATHEMATICS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MUTATION;

EID: 79955472036     PISSN: 00405809     EISSN: 10960325     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tpb.2011.01.001     Document Type: Article

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