Stability analysis of normal and neoplastic growth

✍ Scribed by Martin Eisen; John Schiller

• Book ID: 104272224
• Publisher: Springer
• Year: 1977
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 355 KB
• Volume: 39
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 1522-9602
• DOI: 10.1016/s0092-8240(77)80061-x

✦ Synopsis

A model for normal and abnormal tissue growth is defined by a system of dlft'erentml equations. The model consists of a proliferating compartment, which is characterized by a decreasing growth rate, and a nonproliferating one. The compartments are also parametrized by their death and transfer rates. A stability analysis of the system shows in a precise way how abnormal growth may result from a perturbation of the parameters leading to a change in an equdibrium of the tissue size.