Research Article
Study of Tumor Growth under Hyperthermia Condition
Table 2
List of constants used in modeling (cell type—EMT6/Ro).
| Variable | Description | Value | Authors |
| | Glucose diffusion coefficient | 1.05 * 10−6 cm2/s | Casciari et al., 1988 [28] | | Maximum glucose uptake rate | 1.33 * 10−16 mol/(cell sec) | Casciari et al., 1992 [25] | | Glucose saturation constant | 4.0 * 10−2 mM | Casciari et al., 1992 [25] | | Living cell volume | 1.26 * 10−9 cm3 | Experiment | | Glucose concentration at tumor rim | 5.5 mM or less | Freyer and Sutherland, 1986 [55] | | Cell growth saturation constant | 3.75 * 10−19 mol/cells | Venkatasubramanian et al., 2006 [29] |
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