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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…

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In this paper, we present a novel numerical framework for solving a specific biological reaction-diffusion-advection system of cancer growth in three dimensions (3D) using particles of variable mass. We adopt empirical particle measures to…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2026-05-20 Jingyuan Hu , Zhongjian Wang , Jack Xin , Zhiwen Zhang

Tumor growth is constrained by spatial, mechanical, and metabolic factors whose alignment progressively breaks down across cellular, mesoscopic, and tissue scales as tumors expand. We hypothesize that this misalignment drives tumors toward…

Other Quantitative Biology · Quantitative Biology 2026-01-28 Arturo Tozzi

In this paper, we study a phase-space analysis of a mathematical model of tumor growth with an immune response. Mathematical analysis of the model equations with multipoint initial condition, regarding to dissipativity, boundedness of…

Tissues and Organs · Quantitative Biology 2018-01-17 Veli Shakhmurov

In this paper, we develop a sharp interface tumor growth model to study the effect of the tumor microenvironment using a complex far-field geometry that mimics a heterogeneous distribution of vasculature. Together with different nutrient…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2020-03-20 Min-Jhe Lu , Chun Liu , John Lowengrub , Shuwang Li

We derive a Cahn-Hilliard-Darcy model to describe multiphase tumour growth taking interactions with multiple chemical species into account as well as the simultaneous occurrence of proliferating, quiescent and necrotic regions. Via a…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2019-11-01 Harald Garcke , Kei Fong Lam , Robert Nürnberg , Emanuel Sitka

We consider a particular phase field system which physical context is that of tumor growth dynamics. The model we deal with consists of a Cahn-Hilliard type equation governing the evolution of the phase variable which takes into account the…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2019-08-30 Andrea Signori

We present a novel formulation for the calibration of a biophysical tumor growth model from a single-time snapshot, MRI scan of a glioblastoma patient. Tumor growth models are typically nonlinear parabolic partial differential equations…

Quantitative Methods · Quantitative Biology 2020-06-30 Klaudius Scheufele , Shashank Subramanian , Andreas Mang , George Biros , Miriam Mehl

In this work, we present a phase-field model for tumour growth, where a diffuse interface separates a tumour from the surrounding host tissue. In our model, we consider transport processes by an internal, non-solenoidal velocity field. We…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2024-06-21 Harald Garcke , Dennis Trautwein

We study a tumor growth model in two space dimensions, where proliferation of the tumor cells leads to expansion of the tumor domain and migration of surrounding normal tissues into the exterior vacuum. The model features two moving…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2020-02-11 Inwon Kim , Jiajun Tong

We present a mathematical model describing the time development of a population of tumors subject to mutual angiogenic inhibitory signaling. Based on biophysical derivations, it describes organism-scale population dynamics under the…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2013-10-02 Sebastien Benzekry , Alberto Gandolfi , Philip Hahnfeldt

It is well established that the mechanical environment influences cell functions in health and disease. Here, we address how the mechanical environment influences tumor growth, in particular, the shape of solid tumors. In an in vitro tumor…

Tissues and Organs · Quantitative Biology 2015-06-19 Kristen L. Mills , Ralf Kemkemer , Shiva Rudraraju , Krishna Garikipati

Formulating tumor models that predict growth under therapy is vital for improving patient-specific treatment plans. In this context, we present our recent work on simulating non-small-scale cell lung cancer (NSCLC) in a simple,…

We consider a class of tumor growth models under the combined effects of density-dependent pressure and cell multiplication, with a free boundary model as its singular limit when the pressure-density relationship becomes highly nonlinear.…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2018-04-04 Jian-Guo Liu , Min Tang , Li Wang , Zhennan Zhou

Glioblastoma exhibits diverse, infiltrative, and patient-specific growth patterns that are only partially visible on routine MRI, making it difficult to reliably assess true tumor extent and personalize treatment planning and follow-up. We…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2026-03-06 Valentin Biller , Niklas Bubeck , Lucas Zimmer , Ayhan Can Erdur , Sandeep Nagar , Anke Meyer-Baese , Daniel Rückert , Benedikt Wiestler , Jonas Weidner

Comparing mathematical models offers a means to evaluate competing scientific theories. However, exact methods of model calibration are not applicable to many probabilistic models which simulate high-dimensional spatio-temporal data.…

Quantitative Methods · Quantitative Biology 2026-01-13 Robert A McDonald , Helen M Byrne , Heather A Harrington , Thomas Thorne , Bernadette J Stolz

In this paper we study the growth of a tumor colony of multilayer type and focus on how the tumor grows from a near flat (when compared to the length of the tumor as, for instance, in the case of a bone tumor in a femur) initial colony. In…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2026-01-15 Rafael Granero-Belinchón , Martina Magliocca

A macroscopic model of the tumor Gompertzian growth is proposed. The new approach is based on the energetic balance among the different cell activities, described by methods of statistical mechanics and related to the growth inhibitor…

Cell Behavior · Quantitative Biology 2007-05-23 Paolo Castorina , Dario Zappala'

In this work, we present and analyse a system of coupled partial differential equations, which models tumour growth under the influence of subdiffusion, mechanical effects, nutrient supply, and chemotherapy. The subdiffusion of the system…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2021-10-08 Marvin Fritz , Christina Kuttler , Mabel L. Rajendran , Barbara Wohlmuth , Laura Scarabosio

In this paper we present a method for estimating unknown parameter that appear in a two dimensional nonlinear reaction-diffusion model of cancer invasion. This model considers that tumor-induced alteration of microenvironmental pH provides…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2014-05-21 A. A. I. Quiroga , D. R. Fernandez , G. A. Torres , C. V. Turner