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| author | Wildes, Maeve |
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| contents | In this paper, we consider an age-structured mechanical model for tumor growth. This model takes into account the life-cycle of tumor cells by including an age variable. The underlying process for tumor growth is the same as classical tumor models, where growth is driven by pressure-limited cell proliferation, and cell movement away from regions of high pressure. The main contribution of this paper is establishing the convergence of solutions of the age-structured model to a limit satisfying a Hele-Shaw free boundary problem. This limiting problem describes the geometric motion of the tumor as it grows according to a nonlinear Darcy's law. |
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| spellingShingle | Incompressible limit for an age-structured tumor model Wildes, Maeve Analysis of PDEs In this paper, we consider an age-structured mechanical model for tumor growth. This model takes into account the life-cycle of tumor cells by including an age variable. The underlying process for tumor growth is the same as classical tumor models, where growth is driven by pressure-limited cell proliferation, and cell movement away from regions of high pressure. The main contribution of this paper is establishing the convergence of solutions of the age-structured model to a limit satisfying a Hele-Shaw free boundary problem. This limiting problem describes the geometric motion of the tumor as it grows according to a nonlinear Darcy's law. |
| title | Incompressible limit for an age-structured tumor model |
| topic | Analysis of PDEs |
| url | https://arxiv.org/abs/2603.04331 |