Computational challenges of tumor spheroid modeling

Journal of Bioinformatics and Computational Biology

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 559-577

  Chignola, Roberto ^a   Fabbro, Alessio Del ^b   Farina, Marcello ^c   Milotti, Edoardo ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VERONA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TRIESTE   (Italy)

^c POLITECNICO DI MILANO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Numerical model; tumor spheroid

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BIOLOGY; CELL PROLIFERATION; HUMAN; METABOLISM; MULTICELLULAR SPHEROID; NEOPLASM; PATHOLOGY; REVIEW; SYSTEMS BIOLOGY; TUMOR CELL CULTURE; TUMOR MICROENVIRONMENT;

ANIMALS; CELL PROLIFERATION; COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY; HUMANS; METABOLIC NETWORKS AND PATHWAYS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; NEOPLASMS; SPHEROIDS, CELLULAR; SYSTEMS BIOLOGY; TUMOR CELLS, CULTURED; TUMOR MICROENVIRONMENT;

EID: 79960341293     PISSN: 02197200     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1142/S0219720011005379     Document Type: Review

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