Exploring the competition between proliferative and invasive cancer phenotypes in a continuous spatial model.

Tumor is characterized by extensive heterogeneity with respect to its microenvironment and its genetic composition. We extend a previously developed monoclonal continuous spatial model of tumor growth to account for polyclonal cell populations and investigate the interplay between a more proliferati...

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Main Authors: Eleftheria Tzamali, Georgios Grekas, Konstantinos Marias, Vangelis Sakkalis
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2014-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4123877?pdf=render