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In this work, we study a model consisting of a Cahn-Hilliard-type equation for the concentration of tumour cells coupled to a reaction-diffusion type equation for the nutrient density and a Brinkman-type equation for the velocity. We equip…

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Models of tissue growth are now well established, in particular in relation to their applications to cancer. They describe the dynamics of cells subject to motion resulting from a pressure gradient generated by the death and birth of cells,…

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We study a Neumann type initial-boundary value problem for strongly degenerate parabolic-hyperbolic equations under the nonlinearity-diffusivity condition. We suggest a notion of entropy solution for this problem and prove its uniqueness.…

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We consider a fully practical finite element approximation of a diffuse interface model for tumour growth that takes the form of a degenerate parabolic system. In addition to showing stability bounds for the approximation, we prove…

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The intratumor heterogeneity has been recognized to characterize cancer cells impairing the efficacy of cancer treatments. We here propose an extension of constraint-based modeling approach in order to simulate metabolism of cell…

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We study a free boundary problem modeling multi-layer tumor growth with a small time delay $\tau$, representing the time needed for the cell to complete the replication process. The model consists of two elliptic equations which describe…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2022-06-22 Wenhua He , Ruixiang Xing , Bei Hu

The boundary conditions at the deformable interface between two contacting fluids are derived for the general case of the large-amplitude perturbations. The interface is modeled as perturbed free boundary that evolves in time, and the…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2018-03-13 Ivan V. Kazachkov

We present a numerical scheme for solving an inverse problem for parameter estimation in tumor growth models for glioblastomas, a form of aggressive primary brain tumor. The growth model is a reaction-diffusion partial differential equation…

Medical Physics · Physics 2020-04-22 Shashank Subramanian , Klaudius Scheufele , Miriam Mehl , George Biros

We study a stochastic phase-field model for tumor growth dynamics coupling a stochastic Cahn-Hilliard equation for the tumor phase parameter with a stochastic reaction-diffusion equation governing the nutrient proportion. We prove strong…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2021-01-19 Carlo Orrieri , Elisabetta Rocca , Luca Scarpa

Unstable dynamics characterizes the evolution of most solid tumors. Because of an increased failure of maintaining genome integrity, a cumulative increase in the levels of gene mutation and loss is observed. Previous work suggests that…

Biological Physics · Physics 2015-06-18 Daniel R. Amor , Ricard V. Solé

Central nervous system (CNS) tumors come with the vastly heterogeneous histologic, molecular and radiographic landscape, rendering their precise characterization challenging. The rapidly growing fields of biophysical modeling and radiomics…

Quantitative Methods · Quantitative Biology 2020-06-30 Andreas Mang , Spyridon Bakas , Shashank Subramanian , Christos Davatzikos , George Biros

In this paper, we study a tumor growth model where the growth is driven by nutrient availability and the tumor expands according to Darcy's law with a mechanical pressure resulting from the incompressibility of the cells. Our focus is on…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2023-09-13 Carson Collins , Matt Jacobs , Inwon Kim

This study builds upon a model proposed by Joanny and collaborators that examines the dynamics of interfaces between two distinct cell populations, particularly during tumor growth in healthy tissues. This framework leads to the…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2024-09-20 Juan Campos , Carlos Pulido , Juan Soler

Cellular populations such as avascular tumors and microbial biofilms may "invade" or grow into surrounding populations. The invading population is often comprised of a heterogeneous mixture of cells with varying growth rates. The population…

Biological Physics · Physics 2025-12-05 Clarisa Castillo , Maxim O. Lavrentovich

We study a free boundary problem modelling the growth of non-necrotic tumors with fluid-like tissues. The fluid velocity satisfies Stokes equations with a source determined by the proliferation rate of tumor cells which depends on the…

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The interplay between tumor cells and macrophages plays a central regulatory role in cancer progression. In this study, we developed a mathematical model that incorporates tumor cells, M1 type macrophages, M2 type macrophages and an M3 type…

Populations and Evolution · Quantitative Biology 2026-03-04 Haifeng Zhang , Yipu Qu , Wuyue Yang , Chenghang Li

We study an optimal control problem for a stochastic model of tumour growth with drug application. This model consists of three stochastic hyperbolic equations describing the evolution of tumour cells. It also includes two stochastic…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2024-08-30 Sakine Esmaili , M. R. Eslahchi , Delfim F. M. Torres

In cancer research, the role of the extracellular matrix (ECM) and its associated matrix-degrading enzyme (MDE) has been a significant area of focus. This study presents a numerical algorithm designed to simulate a previously established…

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Evolution PDEs for dispersive waves are considered in both linear and nonlinear integrable cases, and initial-boundary value problems associated with them are formulated in spectral space. A method of solution is presented, which is based…

Exactly Solvable and Integrable Systems · Physics 2007-05-23 A. Degasperis , S. V. Manakov , P. M. Santini

Understanding the impact of tumor biology on the composition of nearby cells often requires characterizing the impact of biologically distinct tumor regions. Biomarkers have been developed to label biologically distinct tumor regions, but…