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An Analysis of a Mathematical Model Describing Acid-mediated Tumor Invasion

Analysis of PDEs 2019-02-08 v1 Numerical Analysis

Abstract

We present a mathematical analysis of a reaction-diffusion model describing acid-mediated tumor invasion. The model describes the spatial distribution and temporal evolution of tumor cells, normal cells, and excess lactic acid concentration. The model assumes that tumor-induced alteration of microenvironmental pH provides a simple but complete mechanism for cancer invasion. We provide results on the existence and uniqueness of a solution considering Neumann and Dirichlet boundary conditions. We also provide numerical simulations to the solutions considering both boundary conditions.

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@article{arxiv.1902.02632,
  title  = {An Analysis of a Mathematical Model Describing Acid-mediated Tumor Invasion},
  author = {Anderson L. A. de Araujo and Artur C. Fassoni and Luís F. Salvino},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1902.02632},
  year   = {2019}
}

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25 pages. arXiv admin note: substantial text overlap with arXiv:1902.01502