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Design of personalized cancer treatments by use of optimal control problems: The case of chronic myeloid leukemia

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    Mathematics Research Institute of the University of Valladolid (IMUVa) and Faculty of Economics, University of Valladolid, Spain
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    The Irma H. Russo, MD Breast Cancer Research Laboratory, Fox Chase Cancer Center, Philadelphia, USA
  • Received: 07 April 2020 Accepted: 22 June 2020 Published: 09 July 2020

  • The advances in the mathematical explanation of the dynamics underlying treated cancer has opened the door to the mathematical design of optimal therapies. In parallel, the improvements and cost reductions in experimentation and data analysis techniques have made the formulation of personalized therapies possible. However, the design of cancer therapies making use of optimal control theory has not fully considered this possibility in detail. In this paper we contribute to the existing literature by analyzing the diverse alternatives that optimal therapy models offer to design personalized treatments. Taking as the starting point the Chronic Myeloid Leukemia (CML) optimal therapy model in [25], we design personalized optimal therapy models for patients with: CML; CML with intrinsic and/or induced resistance to the administered drug; CML and suffering high drug toxicity and/or allergy to the administered drug; and CML with presence of adverse factors. Along the paper we show that the clinical and medical applicability -the ultimate objective of this biomathematical research- of our proposed personalized models relies on the joint and proper use of the implemented calibration, simulation, and mathematical approaches and techniques. All the theoretical results generated by our personalized optimal therapy models are corroborated by clinical evidence.

    Citation: Pedro José Gutiérrez-Diez, Jose Russo. Design of personalized cancer treatments by use of optimal control problems: The case of chronic myeloid leukemia[J]. Mathematical Biosciences and Engineering, 2020, 17(5): 4773-4800. doi: 10.3934/mbe.2020261

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  • The advances in the mathematical explanation of the dynamics underlying treated cancer has opened the door to the mathematical design of optimal therapies. In parallel, the improvements and cost reductions in experimentation and data analysis techniques have made the formulation of personalized therapies possible. However, the design of cancer therapies making use of optimal control theory has not fully considered this possibility in detail. In this paper we contribute to the existing literature by analyzing the diverse alternatives that optimal therapy models offer to design personalized treatments. Taking as the starting point the Chronic Myeloid Leukemia (CML) optimal therapy model in [25], we design personalized optimal therapy models for patients with: CML; CML with intrinsic and/or induced resistance to the administered drug; CML and suffering high drug toxicity and/or allergy to the administered drug; and CML with presence of adverse factors. Along the paper we show that the clinical and medical applicability -the ultimate objective of this biomathematical research- of our proposed personalized models relies on the joint and proper use of the implemented calibration, simulation, and mathematical approaches and techniques. All the theoretical results generated by our personalized optimal therapy models are corroborated by clinical evidence.


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