COMPUTATIONAL STUDY OF THE EFFECTOF HYPOXIA ON CANCER RESPONSE TORADIATION TREATMENT

摘要

We perform a computational study of the propagation of the oxygen concen-tration within a two-dimensional slice of a heterogeneous tumour region wherethe position and shape of the blood vessels are known. Exploiting the param-eters space, we explore which effect is noticeable what concerns the formationof hypoxic zones. We use this information to anticipate a patient-speci c ra-diation treatment with a potentially controlled response of the cancer growth.