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A hybrid approach to multi−scale modelling of cancer

J. M. Osborne‚ A. Walter‚ S. K. Kershaw‚ G. R. Mirams‚ A. G. Fletcher‚ P. Pathmanathan‚ D. Gavaghan‚ O. E. Jensen‚ P. K. Maini and H. M. Byrne

Abstract

In this paper, we review multi-scale models of solid tumour growth and discuss a middleout framework that tracks individual cells. By focusing on the cellular dynamics of a healthy colorectal crypt and its invasion by mutant, cancerous cells, we compare a cellcentre, a cell-vertex and a continuum model of cell proliferation and movement. All models reproduce the basic features of a healthy crypt: cells proliferate near the crypt base, they migrate upwards and are sloughed off near the top. The models are used to establish conditions under which mutant cells are a

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Journal

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A: Mathematical‚ Physical and Engineering Sciences

Month

Nov

Number

1930

Pages

5013–5028

Volume

368

Year

2010

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BibTeX

DOI (10.1098/rsta.2010.0173)

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