# Model of cancer and the immune system (Nelson, Naini and Nagy 2003). Assumes the tumor is a sphere and # the immune system can only attack a rind around the edge. So there are no real TIL. The depth to which # immune effector cells can penetrate is measured by parameter beta (be). We also assume that the only cancer # cells capable of reproduction are along the outside rind. # # Variables: # L : Mass of immune effector cells (=Lymphocytes, mg) # C : Mass of cancer cells (g) # # Parameters: # al1 : Intrinsic reproductive rate of lymphocytes # al2 : Intrinsic reproductive rate of cancer cells # be : Depth of rind around the tumor containing reproductively active and immune-susceptable cells # K : Maximum number of lymphocytes the body can maintain # Lam1 : Mortality rate of lymphocytes # Lam2 : Base rate at which lymphocytes kill cancer cells #------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ # Vector field: C'=al2*be*C^(2/3)-lam2*L*(C-be*C^(2/3)) L'=al1*(C-be*C^(2/3))*L*(1-(L/K))-lam1*L #------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- # Parameters: p al1=0.0185, al2=1.4, lam1=0.7, lam2=0.085, be=0.2, K=50 #------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- # Initial conditions: I L=0.1,C=1 #------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- # Control stuff @ bounds=100000, total=200, delay=10, Xlo=0, Xhi=200, Ylo=0, Yhi=140, MaxStore=1000000 d