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Evolutionary dynamics of imatinib-treated leukemic cells by stochastic approach

2008

The evolutionary dynamics of a system of cancerous cells in a model of chronic myeloid leukemia (CML) is investigated by a statistical approach. Cancer progression is explored by applying a Monte Carlo method to simulate the stochastic behavior of cell reproduction and death in a population of blood cells which can experience genetic mutations. In CML front line therapy is represented by the tyrosine kinase inhibitor imatinib which strongly affects the reproduction of leukemic cells only. In this work, we analyze the effects of a targeted therapy on the evolutionary dynamics of normal, first-mutant and cancerous cell populations. Several scenarios of the evolutionary dynamics of imatinib-tr…

Monte Carlo simulation stochastic approach Evolutionary dynamicsMutation rate87.23.kgmedicine.drug_classQC1-999medicine.medical_treatmentPopulationGeneral Physics and AstronomyBiologyTyrosine-kinase inhibitorTargeted therapyhemic and lymphatic diseasesmedicine87.10.mncomplex systemsQuantitative Biology - Populations and EvolutioneducationEvolutionary dynamicseducation.field_of_studycancer evolutionPhysicsstochastic dynamics87.19.xjPopulations and Evolution (q-bio.PE)Myeloid leukemiaImatinibSettore FIS/07 - Fisica Applicata(Beni Culturali Ambientali Biol.e Medicin)FOS: Biological sciencesCancer cellCancer research87.10.rtmedicine.drugOpen Physics
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