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Mathematical model and its fast numerical method for the tumor growth

Hyun Geun Lee ^1, , Yangjin Kim ^2, and Junseok Kim ^3,

1.	Institute of Mathematical Sciences, Ewha Womans University, Seoul 120-750, South Korea
2.	Department of Mathematics, Konkuk University, Seoul 143-701
3.	Department of Mathematics, Korea University, Seoul 136-713

Received October 2014 Revised July 2015 Published August 2015

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In this paper, we reformulate the diffuse interface model of the tumor growth (S.M. Wise et al., Three-dimensional multispecies nonlinear tumor growth-I: model and numerical method, J. Theor. Biol. 253 (2008) 524--543). In the new proposed model, we use the conservative second-order Allen--Cahn equation with a space--time dependent Lagrange multiplier instead of using the fourth-order Cahn--Hilliard equation in the original model. To numerically solve the new model, we apply a recently developed hybrid numerical method. We perform various numerical experiments. The computational results demonstrate that the new model is not only fast but also has a good feature such as distributing excess mass from the inside of tumor to its boundary regions.

Keywords: conservative Allen--Cahn equation, Tumor growth, operator splitting method, multigrid method..

Mathematics Subject Classification: Primary: 65M06; Secondary: 92B0.

Citation: Hyun Geun Lee, Yangjin Kim, Junseok Kim. Mathematical model and its fast numerical method for the tumor growth. Mathematical Biosciences & Engineering, 2015, 12 (6) : 1173-1187. doi: 10.3934/mbe.2015.12.1173

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[30]	S. Dormann and A. Deutsch, Modeling of self-organized avascular tumor growth with a hybrid cellular automaton,, In Silico Biol., 2 (2002), 393. Google Scholar
[31]	D. Drasdo, S. Hohme and M. Block, On the role of physics in the growth and pattern formation of multi-cellular systems: what can we learn from individual-cell based models?,, J. Stat. Phys., 128 (2007), 287. doi: 10.1007/s10955-007-9289-x. Google Scholar
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[34]	A. Fasano, A. Bertuzzi and A. Gandolfi, Mathematical modelling of tumour growth and treatment,, in Complex Systems in Biomedicine* (eds. A. Quarteroni*, (2006), 71. doi: 10.1007/88-470-0396-2_3. Google Scholar
[35]	H. B. Frieboes, F. Jin, Y.-L. Chuang, S. M. Wise, J. S. Lowengrub and V. Cristini, Three-dimensional multispecies nonlinear tumor growth-II: tumor invasion and angiogenesis,, J. Theor. Biol., 264 (2010), 1254. doi: 10.1016/j.jtbi.2010.02.036. Google Scholar
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[37]	P. Gerlee and A. R. A. Anderson, Stability analysis of a hybrid cellular automaton model of cell colony growth,, Phys. Rev. E, 75 (2007). doi: 10.1103/PhysRevE.75.051911. Google Scholar
[38]	L. Graziano and L. Preziosi, Mechanics in tumor growth,, in Modeling of Biological Materials* (eds. F. Mollica*, (2007), 263. doi: 10.1007/978-0-8176-4411-6_7. Google Scholar
[39]	H. P. Greenspan, On the growth and stability of cell cultures and solid tumors,, J. Theor. Biol., 56 (1976), 229. doi: 10.1016/S0022-5193(76)80054-9. Google Scholar
[40]	H. L. P. Harpold, E. C. Alvord and K. R. Swanson, The evolution of mathematical modeling of glioma proliferation and invasion,, J. Neuropath. Exp. Neur., 66 (2007), 1. doi: 10.1097/nen.0b013e31802d9000. Google Scholar
[41]	H. Hatzikirou, A. Deutsch, C. Schaller, M. Simon and K. Swanson, Mathematical modelling of glioblastoma tumour development: A review,, Math. Models Methods Appl. Sci., 15 (2005), 1779. doi: 10.1142/S0218202505000960. Google Scholar
[42]	G. Huisken, The volume preserving mean curvature flow,, J. Reine Angew. Math., 382 (1987), 35. doi: 10.1515/crll.1987.382.35. Google Scholar
[43]	Y. Jiang, J. Pjesivac-Grbovic, C. Cantrell and J. P. Freyer, A multiscale model for avascular tumor growth,, Biophys. J., 89 (2005), 3884. doi: 10.1529/biophysj.105.060640. Google Scholar
[44]	A. R. Kansal, S. Torquato, G. R. Harsh IV, E. A. Chiocca and T. S. Deisboeck, Simulated brain tumor growth dynamics using a three-dimensional cellular automaton,, J. Theor. Biol., 203 (2000), 367. doi: 10.1006/jtbi.2000.2000. Google Scholar
[45]	J. Kim, S. Lee and Y. Choi, A conservative Allen-Cahn equation with a space-time dependent Lagrange multiplier,, Int. J. Eng. Sci., 84 (2014), 11. doi: 10.1016/j.ijengsci.2014.06.004. Google Scholar
[46]	D.-S. Lee, H. Rieger and K. Bartha, Flow correlated percolation during vascular remodeling in growing tumors,, Phys. Rev. Lett., 96 (2006). doi: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.96.058104. Google Scholar
[47]	I. M. M. van Leeuwen, C. M. Edwards, M. Ilyas and H. M. Byrne, Towards a multiscale model of colorectal cancer,, World J. Gastroentero., 13 (2007), 1399. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v13.i9.1399. Google Scholar
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