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Autowaves in the Model of Infiltrative Tumour Growth with Migration-Proliferation Dichotomy

A.V. Kolobov, V.V. Gubernov, A.A. Polezhaev (2011)

Mathematical Modelling of Natural Phenomena

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A mathematical model of infiltrative tumour growth is investigated taking into account transitions between two possible states of malignant cells: proliferation and migration. These transitions are considered to depend on oxygen level in a threshold manner where high oxygen concentration allows cell proliferation, while concentration below a certain critical value induces cell migration. The infiltrative tumour spreading rate dependence on model parameters is obtained. It is shown that...

Mathematical Modelling of Tumour Dormancy

K. M. Page (2009)

Mathematical Modelling of Natural Phenomena

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Many tumours undergo periods in which they apparently do not grow but remain at a roughly constant size for extended periods. This is termed tumour dormancy. The mechanisms responsible for dormancy include failure to develop an internal blood supply, individual tumour cells exiting the cell cycle and a balance between the tumour and the immune response to it. Tumour dormancy is of considerable importance in the natural history of cancer. In many cancers, and in particular in breast cancer,...