There are many reasons to try to achieve a good grasp of the distribution of oxygen in the tumor microenvironment. The lack of oxygen – hypoxia – is a main actor in the evolution of tumors and in their growth and appears to be just as important in tumor invasion and metastasis. Mathematical models of the distribution of oxygen in tumors which are based on reaction-diffusion equations provide partial but qualitatively significant descriptions of the measured oxygen concentrations in the tumor microenvironment, especially when they incorporate important elements of the blood vessel network such as the blood vessel size and spatial distribution and the pulsation of local pressure due to blood circulation. Here, we review our mathematical and numerical approaches to the distribution of oxygen that yield insights both on the role of the distribution of blood vessel density and size and on the fluctuations of blood pressure.

Oxygen in the Tumor Microenvironment: Mathematical and Numerical Modeling

Roberto Chignola;
2020-01-01

Abstract

There are many reasons to try to achieve a good grasp of the distribution of oxygen in the tumor microenvironment. The lack of oxygen – hypoxia – is a main actor in the evolution of tumors and in their growth and appears to be just as important in tumor invasion and metastasis. Mathematical models of the distribution of oxygen in tumors which are based on reaction-diffusion equations provide partial but qualitatively significant descriptions of the measured oxygen concentrations in the tumor microenvironment, especially when they incorporate important elements of the blood vessel network such as the blood vessel size and spatial distribution and the pulsation of local pressure due to blood circulation. Here, we review our mathematical and numerical approaches to the distribution of oxygen that yield insights both on the role of the distribution of blood vessel density and size and on the fluctuations of blood pressure.
2020
978-3-030-43092-4
tumor hypoxia
Tumor angiogenesis
Computer modeling
Lattice-free models
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