Thermodynamical analysis of the dynamics of tumor interaction with the host immune system

U. Lucia and G. Maino

Physica A: Statistical Mechanics and its Applications, 2002, vol. 313, issue 3, 569-577

Abstract: Starting from theoretical results that we recently obtained in the field of rational thermodynamics, we develop a mathematical analysis of the dynamics of tumor interaction with the host immune system within the framework of a statistical cell model firstly proposed by Bellomo and Forni. A generalized model is then introduced and applied to the evaluation of the growth of tumors.

Keywords: Rational thermodynamics; Statistical physics; Tumor growth; Host immune system (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2002
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DOI: 10.1016/S0378-4371(02)00980-9

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