# American Institute of Mathematical Sciences

## Analysis of a model for tumor growth and lactate exchanges in a glioma

 1 La Rochelle Université, LaSIE UMR CNRS 7356, Avenue Michel Crépeau, F-17042 La Rochelle Cedex, France 2 Università di Modena e Reggio Emilia, Dipartimento di Scienze Fisiche, Informatiche e Matematiche, Via Campi 213/B, I-41125 Modena, Italy 3 Laboratoire I3M et Laboratoire de Mathématiques et Applications, Université de Poitiers, UMR CNRS 7348 4 Equipe DACTIM-MIS, Site du Futuroscope - Téléport 2, 11 Boulevard Marie et Pierre Curie - Bâtiment H3 - TSA 61125, 86073 Poitiers Cedex 9, France 5 CHU de Poitiers, 2 rue de la Milétrie, 86000 Poitiers, France

* Corresponding author: Laurence Cherfils

Received  March 2020 Published  November 2020

Our aim in this paper is to study a mathematical model for tumor growth and lactate exchanges in a glioma. We prove the existence of nonnegative (i.e. biologically relevant) solutions and, under proper assumptions, the uniqueness of the solution. We also state the permanence of the tumor when necrosis is not taken into account in the model and obtain linear stability results. We end the paper with numerical simulations.

Citation: Laurence Cherfils, Stefania Gatti, Alain Miranville, Rémy Guillevin. Analysis of a model for tumor growth and lactate exchanges in a glioma. Discrete & Continuous Dynamical Systems - S, doi: 10.3934/dcdss.2020457
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Tumor (left) and sum of the lactate concentrations $\varphi+ \psi$ (right) at time t = 0. (${ } u_0 (x, y) = 0.1e^{-10(x^2 +(y-2.5)^2)}$, $\varphi_0 = 0.025mM$ inside and $\varphi_0 = 3.854$ outside the tumor area, $\psi_0 = 0.329mM$ inside and $\psi_0 = 1.256mM$ outside the tumor area.)
Tumor (left) and sum of the lactate concentrations $\varphi+ \psi$ (right) at time t = 0. (${ } u_0 (x, y) = 0.1e^{-10(x^2 +(y-2.5)^2)}$, $\varphi_0 = 1.817mM$ inside and $\varphi_0 = 0.915mM$ outside the tumor area, $\psi_0 = 2.291mM$ inside and $\psi_0 = 0.557mM$ outside the tumor area.)
Tumor (left) and sum of the lactate concentrations $\varphi+ \psi$ (right) at time t = 10
Evolution of the tumor concentration (left) and the lactate concentrations (right) with respect to time at the center of the tumor (point $(0; 2.5)$). Evolution of the tumor diameter (below) with respect to time
Concerning the tumor (left), intracellular lactate (right) and capillary lactate (below), comparison between the concentrations at the center of the tumor (green) and at the point (0.8; 2.5), initially outside the tumor (blue)
Tumor (left) and sum of the lactate concentrations $\varphi+ \psi$ (right) at time t = 10
Evolution of the tumor concentration (left) and the lactate concentrations (right) with respect to time at the center of the tumor (point $(0; 2.5)$). Evolution of the tumor diameter (below) with respect to time
Concerning the tumor (left), intracellular lactate (right) and capillary lactate (below), comparison between the concentrations at the center of the tumor (green) and at the point (1; 2.5), initially outside the tumor (blue)
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