One of the main differences between a cancer cell and a normal cell is that it has escaped the normal mechanisms that control its proliferation and division. A deep understanding of the cell-cycle is therefore vital for an understanding of why cells become and remain cancerous. Mathematical models of cell kinetics (age-structured population models, cell migration models, models of growth factors and inhibitory factors etc.) provide an insight into the growth characteristics of tumours.
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