Phase transitions in tumor growth: II prostate cancer cell lines.

Authors :: Llanos-Pérez, J.A.
Betancourt-Mar, A.
De Miguel, M.P.
Izquierdo-Kulich, E.
Royuela-García, M.
Tejera, E.
Nieto-Villar, J.M.
Source :: Physica A. May2015, Vol. 426, p88-92. 5p.
Publication Year :: 2015
Abstract: We propose a mechanism for prostate cancer cell lines growth, LNCaP and PC3 based on a Gompertz dynamics. This growth exhibits a multifractal behavior and a “second order” phase transition. Finally, it was found that the cellular line PC3 exhibits a higher value of entropy production rate compared to LNCaP, which is indicative of the robustness of PC3, over to LNCaP and may be a quantitative index of metastatic potential tumors. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]