On the global dynamics of a model for tumor immunotherapy
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Department of Microbiology and Immunology, The University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, MI 48109-0620
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Unité de mathématiques pures et appliquées, Ecole Normale Supérieure de Lyon, Lyon, F-69364 LYON Cedex 07
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Received:
01 January 2009
Accepted:
29 June 2018
Published:
01 June 2009
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MSC :
Primary: 37N25, 62P10; Secondary: 35B40.
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Understanding the dynamics of human hosts and tumors is of critical importance. A mathematical model was
developed that explored the immune response to tumors that was used to study a special type of treatment
[3]. This treatment approach uses elements of the host to boost its immune response
in the hopes that the host can clear the tumor. This model was extensively studied using numerical simulation,
however no global analytical results were originally presented. In this work we explore the global dynamics to show under what conditions
tumor clearance can be achieved.
Citation: Denise E. Kirschner, Alexei Tsygvintsev. On the global dynamics of a model for tumor immunotherapy[J]. Mathematical Biosciences and Engineering, 2009, 6(3): 573-583. doi: 10.3934/mbe.2009.6.573
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Abstract
Understanding the dynamics of human hosts and tumors is of critical importance. A mathematical model was
developed that explored the immune response to tumors that was used to study a special type of treatment
[3]. This treatment approach uses elements of the host to boost its immune response
in the hopes that the host can clear the tumor. This model was extensively studied using numerical simulation,
however no global analytical results were originally presented. In this work we explore the global dynamics to show under what conditions
tumor clearance can be achieved.
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