School of Mathematics and Computional Science
Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou, Guangdong, 510275, China
email: zhaojihong2007@yahoo.com.cn
Ji-Hong Zhao
Abstract:
In this article, we study a free boundary problem modeling the
growth of tumors with drug application. The model consists
of two nonlinear second-order parabolic equations describing
the diffusion of nutrient and drug concentration,
and three nonlinear first-order hyperbolic equations describing
the evolution of proliferative cells, quiescent cells and
dead cells. We deal with the radially symmetric case of this free
boundary problem, and prove that it has a unique global solution.
The proof is based on the L^p theory of parabolic equations,
the characteristic theory of hyperbolic equations and the Banach
fixed point theorem.
Submitted August 10, 2009. Published January 6, 2010.
Math Subject Classifications: 35Q80, 35L45, 35R05.
Key Words: Parabolic-hyperbolic equations;
free boundary problem; tumor growth; global solution.
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