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Tumor morphology and phenotypic evolution driven by selective pressure from the microenvironment.
Cell - 1 Dec 2006
Anderson Alexander R A, Weaver Alissa M, Cummings Peter T, Quaranta Vito
Abstract excerpt
Emergence of invasive behavior in cancer is life-threatening, yet ill-defined due to its multifactorial nature. We present a multiscale mathematical model of cancer invasion, which considers cellular and microenvironmental factors simultaneously and interactively. Unexpectedly, the model simulations predict that harsh tumor microenvironment conditions (e.g., hypoxia, heterogenous extracellular matrix) exert a...
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