A history of the study of solid tumour growth: the contribution of mathematical modelling

RP Araujo, DLS McElwain - Bulletin of mathematical biology, 2004 - Elsevier
A miscellany of new strategies, experimental techniques and theoretical approaches are
emerging in the ongoing battle against cancer. Nevertheless, as new, ground-breaking …

Dissecting cancer through mathematics: from the cell to the animal model

HM Byrne - Nature Reviews Cancer, 2010 - nature.com
This Timeline article charts progress in mathematical modelling of cancer over the past 50
years, highlighting the different theoretical approaches that have been used to dissect the …

Nonlinear modelling of cancer: bridging the gap between cells and tumours

JS Lowengrub, HB Frieboes, F **, YL Chuang, X Li… - …, 2009 - iopscience.iop.org
Despite major scientific, medical and technological advances over the last few decades, a
cure for cancer remains elusive. The disease initiation is complex, and including initiation …

Mathematical models of avascular tumor growth

T Roose, SJ Chapman, PK Maini - SIAM review, 2007 - SIAM
This review will outline a number of illustrative mathematical models describing the growth
of avascular tumors. The aim of the review is to provide a relatively comprehensive list of …

Three-dimensional multispecies nonlinear tumor growth—I: model and numerical method

SM Wise, JS Lowengrub, HB Frieboes… - Journal of theoretical …, 2008 - Elsevier
This is the first paper in a two-part series in which we develop, analyze, and simulate a
diffuse interface continuum model of multispecies tumor growth and tumor-induced …

Modelling solid tumour growth using the theory of mixtures

H Byrne, L Preziosi - … medicine and biology: a journal of the …, 2003 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
In this paper the theory of mixtures is used to develop a two‐phase model of an avascular
tumour, which comprises a solid, cellular, phase and a liquid phase. Mass and momentum …

[LIBRO][B] Multiscale modeling of cancer: an integrated experimental and mathematical modeling approach

V Cristini, J Lowengrub - 2010 - books.google.com
Mathematical modeling, analysis and simulation are set to play crucial roles in explaining
tumor behavior, and the uncontrolled growth of cancer cells over multiple time and spatial …

A single-cell-based model of tumor growth in vitro: monolayers and spheroids

D Drasdo, S Höhme - Physical biology, 2005 - iopscience.iop.org
To what extent the growth dynamics of tumors is controlled by nutrients, biomechanical
forces and other factors at different stages and in different environments is still largely …

On the foundations of cancer modelling: selected topics, speculations, and perspectives

N Bellomo, NK Li, PK Maini - Mathematical Models and Methods in …, 2008 - World Scientific
This paper presents a critical review of selected topics related to the modelling of cancer
onset, evolution and growth, with the aim of illustrating, to a wide applied mathematical …

Nonlinear simulations of solid tumor growth using a mixture model: invasion and branching

V Cristini, X Li, JS Lowengrub, SM Wise - Journal of mathematical biology, 2009 - Springer
We develop a thermodynamically consistent mixture model for avascular solid tumor growth
which takes into account the effects of cell-to-cell adhesion, and taxis inducing chemical and …