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The main target of this paper is to present an efficient method to solve a nonlinear free boundary mathematical model of prostate tumor. This model consists of two parabolics, one elliptic and one ordinary differential equations that are…

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We analyze a system of cross-diffusion equations that models the growth of an avascular-tumor spheroid. The model incorporates two nonlinear diffusion effects, degeneracy type and super diffusion. We prove the global existence of weak…

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We investigate the dynamics of a nonlinear system modeling tumor growth with drug application. The tumor is viewed as a mixture consisting of proliferating, quiescent and dead cells as well as a nutrient in the presence of a drug. The…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2015-06-22 Donatella Donatelli , Konstantina Trivisa

Strong experimental evidence has indicated that tumor growth belongs to the molecular beam epitaxy universality class. This type of growth is characterized by the constraint of cell proliferation to the tumor border, and surface diffusion…

Quantitative Methods · Quantitative Biology 2009-11-13 Carlos Escudero

Tumor growth has long been a target of investigation within the context of mathematical and computer modelling. The objective of this study is to propose and analyze a two-dimensional probabilistic cellular automata model to describe…

Tissues and Organs · Quantitative Biology 2009-11-13 E. A. Reis , L. B. L. Santos , S. T. R. Pinho

This paper concerns multiphase models of tumor growth in interaction with a surrounding tissue, taking into account also the interplay with diffusible nutrients feeding the cells. Models specialize in nonlinear systems of possibly…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2017-01-20 Andrea Tosin

In this paper, we consider a free boundary multi-layer tumor model that incorporates a $T-$periodic provision of external nutrients $\Phi(t)$. The simplified model contains three parameters: the mean of periodic external nutrients…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2025-08-28 Wenhua He , Mingxin Wang , Ruixiang Xing

We investigate the evolution of tumor growth relying on a nonlinear model of partial differential equations which incorporates mechanical laws for tissue compression combined with rules for nutrients availability and drug application.…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2016-02-23 Konstantina Trivisa , Franziska Weber

Tumor growth has a number of features in common with a physical process known as molecular beam epitaxy. Both growth processes are characterized by the constraint of growth development to the body border, and surface diffusion of…

Quantitative Methods · Quantitative Biology 2009-11-13 Carlos Escudero

We study the optimal control problem of a free boundary PDE model describing the growth of multilayered tumor tissue in vitro. We seek the optimal amount of tumor growth inhibitor that simultaneously minimizes the thickness of the tumor…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2024-10-21 Xinyue Evelyn Zhao , Yixiang Wu , Rachel Leander , Wandi Ding , Suzanne Lenhart

In this paper we focus the attention on free boundary problems ruled by partial differential equations with nonstandard growth, presenting in particular some recent results. The interest in these problems stems from the diverse applications…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2026-03-17 Fausto Ferrari , Monica Jacob , Claudia Lederman

For tumor growth, the morphological instability provides a mechanism for invasion via tumor fingering and fragmentation. This work considers the asymptotic stability of a free boundary tumor model with a periodic supply of external…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2021-10-01 Yaodan Huang

We study a free boundary problem modeling tumor growth with a T-periodic supply $\Phi(t)$ of external nutrients. The model contains two parameters $\mu$ and $\widetilde{\sigma}$. We first show that (i) zero radially symmetric solution is…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2020-09-29 Wenhua He , Ruixiang Xing

In this paper, we investigate the tumor instability by employing both analytical and numerical techniques to validate previous results and extend the analytical findings presented in a prior study by Feng et al 2023. Building upon the…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2024-01-11 Jian-Guo Liu , Thomas Witelski , Xiaoqian Xu , Jiaqi Zhang

A mutualist model with nonlocal diffusions and a free boundary is first considered. We prove that this problem has a unique solution defined $t\ge0$, and its dynamics are governed by a spreading-vanishing dichotomy. Some criteria for…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2021-10-28 Lei Li , Mingxin Wang

In this paper, we develop a sharp interface tumor growth model in two dimensions to study the effect of both the intratumoral structure using a controlled necrotic core and the extratumoral nutrient supply from vasculature on tumor…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2022-03-30 Min-Jhe Lu , Wenrui Hao , Chun Liu , John Lowengrub , Shuwang Li

Atherosclerosis, hardening of the arteries, originates from small plaque in the arteries; it is a major cause of disability and premature death in the United States and worldwide. In this paper, we study the bifurcation of a highly…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2020-11-03 Xinyue Evelyn Zhao , Bei Hu

We investigate the dynamics of a nonlinear system modeling tumor growth with drug application. The tumor is viewed as a mixture consisting of proliferating, quiescent and dead cells as well as a nutrient in the presence of a drug. The…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2017-05-23 Donatella Donatelli , Konstantina Trivisa

We present a robust computational framework for Hele-Shaw tumor growth with necrotic cores, a problem identified as the incompressible limit of the Porous Media Equation. Simulating this system presents a fundamental challenge: while the…

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