RT Conference Proceedings
T1 An ecological model of invasion and metastasis
A1 Serrano, José J.
A1 Urdiales-Ruiz, José Luis
A1 Medina-Torres, Miguel Ángel
A1 Montañez, Raúl
K1 Cáncer
K1 Metástasis
AB It has been argued that malignat tumours represent complex dynamic and self-organizing ecosystems. Furthermore, there is increasing evidence that collective cell migration occurs during invasion and metastasis. Here, we propose a mathematical model showing how cooperative behaviour could arise in heterogeneous tumour populations and why the emergence of such swarm-like patterns would confer advantageous properties to the spatio-temporal expansion of tumours. consequently, targeting such collectivity should be of interest for basic knowledge and clinical tratment of cancer, including rare tumours.
YR 2017
FD 2017-08-29
LK http://hdl.handle.net/10630/14403
UL http://hdl.handle.net/10630/14403
LA eng
NO [Our experimental work is supported by grants BIO2014-56092-R (MINECO and FEDER) and P12-CTS-1507 (Andalusian Government and FEDER) and funds from group BIO-267 (Andalusian Government). The "CIBER de Enfermedades Raras" is an initiative from the ISCIII (Spain)]. This communication has the support of a travel grant "Universidad de Málaga. Campus de Excelencia Internacional Andalucía Tech".
DS RIUMA. Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad de Málaga
RD 20 ene 2026