Cancer growth and metastasis as a metaphor of Go gaming: An Ising model approach.

This work aims for modeling and simulating the metastasis of cancer, via the analogy between the cancer process and the board game Go. In the game of Go, black stones that play first could correspond to a metaphor of the birth, growth, and metastasis of cancer. Moreover, playing white stones on the...

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Main Authors: Didier Barradas-Bautista, Matias Alvarado-Mentado, Mark Agostino, Germinal Cocho
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2018-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC5931478?pdf=render