A new cancer progression model: From synthetic tumors to real data and back (opens in new tab)

Author summary Not all cancerous cells are created equal: inside the same tumor, different populations of cells exist at the same time, fighting for the same resources and influencing the way the disease evolves and reacts to treatments. These groups of cells have different behaviour and abilities thanks to different genetic mutations, which might give them an advantage or bring their population to disappearance. We have built a mathematical model that mimics the evolution of a tumor over tim...