Hybrid Models of Tumor Growth
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
2011
Abstract
Cancer is a complex, multiscale process in which genetic mutations occurring at a subcellular level manifest themselves as functional changes at the cellular and tissue scale. The multiscale nature of cancer requires mathematical modeling approaches that can handle multiple intracellular and extracellular factors acting on different time and space scales. Hybrid models provide a way to integrate both discrete and continuous variables that are used to represent individual cells and concentration or density fields, respectively. Each discrete cell can also be equipped with submodels that drive cell behavior in response to microenvironmental cues. Moreover, the individual cells can interact with one another to form and act as an integrated tissue. Hybrid models form part of a larger class of individual-based models that can naturally connect with tumor cell biology and allow for the integration of multiple interacting variables both intrinsically and extrinsically and are therefore perfectly suited to a systems biology approach to tumor growth. WIREs Syst Biol Med 2011 3 115–125 DOI: 10.1002/wsbm.102
This article is categorized under:
- Analytical and Computational Methods > Dynamical Methods
- Models of Systems Properties and Processes > Organ, Tissue, and Physiological Models
Digital Object Identifier (DOI)
https://doi.org/10.1002/wsbm.102
Citation / Publisher Attribution
Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews: Systems Biology and Medicine, v. 3, issue 1, p. 115-125
Scholar Commons Citation
Rejniak, Katarzyna A. and Anderson, Alexander R., "Hybrid Models of Tumor Growth" (2011). Oncologic Sciences Faculty Publications. 51.
https://digitalcommons.usf.edu/onc_facpub/51
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