A reaction-diffusion model for the growth of avascular tumor

Details A reaction-diffusion model for the growth of avascular tumor A reaction-diffusion model for the growth of avascular tumor

2001-09-25

arxiv.org/abs/cond-mat/0109472v2

Phys. Rev. E 65, 021907 (2002)

Physics

Condensed Matter

Statistical Mechanics

9 pages, 6 figures, to appear in PRE

Scientific paper

10.1103/PhysRevE.65.021907

A nutrient-limited model for avascular cancer growth including cell proliferation, motility and death is presented. The model qualitatively reproduces commonly observed morphologies for primary tumors, and the simulated patterns are characterized by its gyration radius, total number of cancer cells, and number of cells on tumor periphery. These very distinct morphological patterns follow Gompertz growth curves, but exhibit different scaling laws for their surfaces. Also, the simulated tumors incorporate a spatial structure composed of a central necrotic core, an inner rim of quiescent cells and a narrow outer shell of proliferating cells in agreement with biological data. Finally, our results indicate that the competition for nutrients among normal and cancer cells may be a determinant factor in generating papillary tumor morphology.

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