Graduation Year
2004
Document Type
Open Access Senior Thesis
Degree Name
Bachelor of Science
Department
Mathematics
Reader 1
Lisette de Pillis
Reader 2
Jon Jacobsen
Abstract
Significant work has been done modeling cancerous tumor growth and response to therapy under certain simplifying assumptions, specifically, the assumption of spatial homogeneity. We have chosen a spatially heterogenous model for cancer cell growth using a hybrid Lattice-Gas Cellular Automata method. Cell mitosis, apoptosis, and necrosis are explicitly modeled along with the diffusion of nutrients and a necrotic signal. The model implementation is verified qualitatively and is modified to execute on a parallel computer.
Recommended Citation
Harley, Eric, "Modeling Cancer Cell Response to Immunotherapy" (2004). HMC Senior Theses. 164.
https://scholarship.claremont.edu/hmc_theses/164
Thesis Proposal
