Analysis of a diffuse interface model of multispecies tumor growth

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DOI10.1088/1361-6544/AA6063zbMATH Open1367.35185arXiv1507.07683OpenAlexW2963683463WikidataQ59316409 ScholiaQ59316409MaRDI QIDQ5346535FDOQ5346535


Authors: Mimi Dai, Eduard Feireisl, Elisabetta Rocca, Giulio Schimperna, Maria E. Schonbek Edit this on Wikidata


Publication date: 24 May 2017

Published in: Nonlinearity (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: We consider a diffuse interface model for tumor growth recently proposed in [Y. Chen, S.M. Wise, V.B. Shenoy, J.S. Lowengrub, A stable scheme for a nonlinear, multiphase tumor growth model with an elastic membrane, Int. J. Numer. Methods Biomed. Eng., 30 (2014), 726-754]. In this new approach sharp interfaces are replaced by narrow transition layers arising due to adhesive forces among the cell species. Hence, a continuum thermodynamically consistent model is introduced. The resulting PDE system couples four different types of equations: a Cahn-Hilliard type equation for the tumor cells (which include proliferating and dead cells), a Darcy law for the tissue velocity field, whose divergence may be different from 0 and depend on the other variables, a transport equation for the proliferating (viable) tumor cells, and a quasi-static reaction diffusion equation for the nutrient concentration. We establish existence of weak solutions for the PDE system coupled with suitable initial and boundary conditions. In particular, the proliferation function at the boundary is supposed to be nonnegative on the set where the velocity satisfies , where u is the outer normal to the boundary of the domain. We also study a singular limit as the diffuse interface coefficient tends to zero.


Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1507.07683




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