Research Article

Study of Tumor Growth under Hyperthermia Condition

Table 1

List of variables used in modeling.

VariableDescriptionUnit

𝑐 𝑔 Glucose concentrationmM
𝑐 l a c Lactate concentrationmM
𝑄 𝑔 Glucose uptake ratemol/cell/sec
𝑄 l a c Lactate production ratemol/cell/sec
𝑄 A T P ATP production ratemol/cell/sec
𝑘 𝑙 Cell proliferation time1/h
LNumber of living cells in certain unit volumecells/cm3
RRadius of tumor spheroidcm
VTumor growth velocitycm/h
TGrowth timeh