Analysis of gompertzian growth in aggregating multicellular tumor nodules

<p> Past studies have shown that tumor growth generally follows an exponential growth function or, with a limiting growth constraint, the sigmoid Gompertzian function, where a terminal tumor size is reached at late times. The classical Gompertzian description of tumor growth applies in the cas...

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Main Author: Deger, Gwendolyn A.
Language:EN
Published: University of Massachusetts Boston 2016
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Online Access:http://pqdtopen.proquest.com/#viewpdf?dispub=10118499