A mathematical model of tumour selfseeding reveals secondary metastatic deposits as drivers of primary tumour growth

Journal of the Royal Society Interface

Volumn 10, Issue 82, 2013, Pages

  Scott, Jacob G ^a,b   Basanta, David ^a   Anderson, Alexander R A ^a   Gerlee, Philip ^c,d  

^a H LEE MOFFITT CANCER CENTER AND RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^d UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Biomathematics; Computational biology; Systems biology

Indexed keywords

BIOINFORMATICS; CELLS; CYTOLOGY; DEPOSITS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

BIOMATHEMATICS; CIRCULATING TUMOUR CELLS; COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY; DESIGNING METHODS; EXPERIMENTAL VALIDATIONS; ORDERS OF MAGNITUDE; SYSTEMS BIOLOGY; TUMOUR GROWTH;

TUMORS;

ARTICLE; CELL EXPANSION; CIRCULATING TUMOR CELL; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; DYNAMICS; METASTASIS; MICROSCOPY; PROBABILITY; STEADY STATE; STOCHASTIC MODEL; TUMOR GROWTH; TUMOR SEEDING; TUMOR VASCULARIZATION; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BREAST TUMOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; LUNG; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; VASCULARIZATION;

BREAST NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LUNG; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; NEOPLASM METASTASIS;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 84881299435     PISSN: 17425689     EISSN: 17425662     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsif.2013.0011     Document Type: Article

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