Models of Cancer Growth Revisited

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DOI: 10.4236/am.2018.94031    707 Downloads   1,355 Views  Citations

ABSTRACT

In the present paper we study models of cancer growth, initiated in Jens Chr. Larsen: Models of cancer growth [1]. We consider a cancer model in variables C cancer cells, growth factors GFi ,i= 1,,p, (oncogene, tumor suppressor gene or carcinogen) and growth inhibitor GFi ,i= 1,,p, (cells of the immune system or chemo or immune therapy). For q =1 this says, that cancer grows if (1) below holds and is eliminated if the reverse inequality holds. We shall prove formulas analogous to (1) below for arbitrary p, q∈N, p ≥ q . In the present paper, we propose to apply personalized treatment using the simple model presented in the introduction.

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Larsen, J. (2018) Models of Cancer Growth Revisited. Applied Mathematics, 9, 418-447. doi: 10.4236/am.2018.94031.

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