Understanding drug resistance in breast cancer with mathematical oncology

T Brocato, P Dogra, EJ Koay, A Day, YL Chuang… - Current breast cancer …, 2014 - Springer
Chemotherapy is the mainstay of treatment for the majority of patients with breast cancer but
results in only 26% of patients with distant metastasis living 5 years past treatment in the …

[HTML][HTML] Computational modeling of 3D tumor growth and angiogenesis for chemotherapy evaluation

L Tang, AL Van De Ven, D Guo, V Andasari, V Cristini… - PloS one, 2014 - journals.plos.org
Solid tumors develop abnormally at spatial and temporal scales, giving rise to biophysical
barriers that impact anti-tumor chemotherapy. This may increase the expenditure and time …

A stable scheme for a nonlinear, multiphase tumor growth model with an elastic membrane

Y Chen, SM Wise, VB Shenoy… - International journal for …, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
In this paper, we extend the 3D multispecies diffuse‐interface model of the tumor growth,
which was derived in Wise et al.(Three‐dimensional multispecies nonlinear tumor growth‐I …

Tumor growth in complex, evolving microenvironmental geometries: a diffuse domain approach

Y Chen, JS Lowengrub - Journal of theoretical biology, 2014 - Elsevier
We develop a mathematical model of tumor growth in complex, dynamic microenvironments
with active, deformable membranes. Using a diffuse domain approach, the complex domain …

Simulation study of pO2 distribution in induced tumour masses and normal tissues within a microcirculation environment

M Li, Y Li, P Wen - Computer Methods in Biomechanics and …, 2014 - Taylor & Francis
The biological microenvironment is interrupted when tumour masses are introduced
because of the strong competition for oxygen. During the period of avascular growth of …

Multigrid solution methods for nonlinear time-dependent systems

FW Yang - 2014 - etheses.whiterose.ac.uk
An efficient, accurate and reliable numerical solver is essential for solving complex
mathematical models and obtaining their computational approximations. The solver …

[图书][B] Modeling and Simulation of Avascular Tumor Growth using a Level Set Method

NN Nargis - 2014 - search.proquest.com
A major challenge in matrix-metalloproteinase (MMP) target validation and MMP-inhibitor-
drug development for anti-cancer clinical trials is to better understand their complex roles …

Capillary network, cancer and kleiber law

G Dattoli, S Licciardi, C Guiot, TS Deisboeck - arXiv preprint arXiv …, 2014 - arxiv.org
We develop a heuristic model embedding Kleiber and Murray laws to describe mass growth,
metastasis and vascularization in cancer. We analyze the relevant dynamics using different …

The Impact of Computational Fluid Mechanics on Cancer Research

DC Belisario, LDG Sigalotti - … Fluid Mechanics with Applications to Physics …, 2014 - Springer
This chapter presents an overview of recent contributions that show how fluid mechanics is
drastically changing cancer research. The review will mainly focus on the computational …

Avascular Tumor Growth Modelling: Physical Insights to Skin Cancer

MB Amar - Mathematical Oncology 2013, 2014 - Springer
In this chapter I present the state-of-the-art theoretical models for avascular tumor growth
which are well established nowadays. I focus on models able to treat morphologic …