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Evasion of tumours from the control of the immune system: consequences of brief encounters

BACKGROUND: In this work a mathematical model describing the growth of a solid tumour in the presence of an immune system response is presented. Specifically, attention is focused on the interactions between cytotoxic T-lymphocytes (CTLs) and tumour cells in a small, avascular multicellular tumour....

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Autores principales: Al-Tameemi, Mohannad, Chaplain, Mark, d’Onofrio, Alberto
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2012
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3582466/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23009638
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1745-6150-7-31