From primary HPV infection to carcinoma in situ: a mathematical approach of cervical intraepithelial neoplasia

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Autori principali: Bitsouni, Vasiliki, Gialelis, Nikolaos, Stratis, Ioannis G., Tsilidis, Vasilis
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Pubblicazione: 2024
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author Bitsouni, Vasiliki
Gialelis, Nikolaos
Stratis, Ioannis G.
Tsilidis, Vasilis
author_facet Bitsouni, Vasiliki
Gialelis, Nikolaos
Stratis, Ioannis G.
Tsilidis, Vasilis
contents Cervical intraepithelial neoplasia (CIN) is the development of abnormal cells on the surface of the cervix, caused by a human papillomavirus (HPV) infection. Although in most of the cases it is resolved by the immune system, a small percentage of people might develop a more serious CIN which, if left untreated, can develop into cervical cancer. Cervical cancer is the fourth most common cancer in women globally, for which the World Health Organization (WHO) recently adopted the Global Strategy for cervical cancer elimination by 2030. With this research topic being more imperative than ever, in this paper, we develop a nonlinear mathematical model describing the CIN progression. The model consists of partial differential equations describing the dynamics of epithelial, dysplastic and immune cells, as well as the dynamics of viral particles. We use our model to explore numerically three important factors of dysplasia progression, namely the geometry of the cervix, the strength of the immune response and the frequency of viral exposure.
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spellingShingle From primary HPV infection to carcinoma in situ: a mathematical approach of cervical intraepithelial neoplasia
Bitsouni, Vasiliki
Gialelis, Nikolaos
Stratis, Ioannis G.
Tsilidis, Vasilis
Quantitative Methods
Numerical Analysis
Analysis of PDEs
35Q92, 37N25, 92C17, 92-10
Cervical intraepithelial neoplasia (CIN) is the development of abnormal cells on the surface of the cervix, caused by a human papillomavirus (HPV) infection. Although in most of the cases it is resolved by the immune system, a small percentage of people might develop a more serious CIN which, if left untreated, can develop into cervical cancer. Cervical cancer is the fourth most common cancer in women globally, for which the World Health Organization (WHO) recently adopted the Global Strategy for cervical cancer elimination by 2030. With this research topic being more imperative than ever, in this paper, we develop a nonlinear mathematical model describing the CIN progression. The model consists of partial differential equations describing the dynamics of epithelial, dysplastic and immune cells, as well as the dynamics of viral particles. We use our model to explore numerically three important factors of dysplasia progression, namely the geometry of the cervix, the strength of the immune response and the frequency of viral exposure.
title From primary HPV infection to carcinoma in situ: a mathematical approach of cervical intraepithelial neoplasia
topic Quantitative Methods
Numerical Analysis
Analysis of PDEs
35Q92, 37N25, 92C17, 92-10
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2403.13302