A review of cell-based computational modeling in cancer biology

J Metzcar, Y Wang, R Heiland… - JCO clinical cancer …, 2019 - ascopubs.org
Cancer biology involves complex, dynamic interactions between cancer cells and their
tissue microenvironments. Single-cell effects are critical drivers of clinical progression …

Agent-based methods facilitate integrative science in cancer

J West, M Robertson-Tessi, ARA Anderson - Trends in cell biology, 2023 - cell.com
In this opinion, we highlight agent-based modeling as a key tool for exploration of cell–cell
and cell–environment interactions that drive cancer progression, therapeutic resistance, and …

[HTML][HTML] In silico trials: Verification, validation and uncertainty quantification of predictive models used in the regulatory evaluation of biomedical products

M Viceconti, F Pappalardo, B Rodriguez, M Horner… - Methods, 2021 - Elsevier
Historically, the evidences of safety and efficacy that companies provide to regulatory
agencies as support to the request for marketing authorization of a new medical product …

[HTML][HTML] Translating complexity and heterogeneity of pancreatic tumor: 3D in vitro to in vivo models

MA Heinrich, AMRH Mostafa, JP Morton… - Advanced drug delivery …, 2021 - Elsevier
Pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC) is an extremely aggressive type of cancer with
an overall survival rate of less than 7-8%, emphasizing the need for novel effective …

Multiscale agent-based and hybrid modeling of the tumor immune microenvironment

KA Norton, C Gong, S Jamalian, AS Popel - Processes, 2019 - mdpi.com
Multiscale systems biology and systems pharmacology are powerful methodologies that are
playing increasingly important roles in understanding the fundamental mechanisms of …

Multi-scale spatial analysis of the tumor microenvironment reveals features of cabozantinib and nivolumab efficacy in hepatocellular carcinoma

H Mi, WJ Ho, M Yarchoan, AS Popel - Frontiers in immunology, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Background Concomitant inhibition of vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) and
programmed cell death protein 1 (PD-1) or its ligand PD-L1 is a standard of care for patients …

Mathematical models of tumor cell proliferation: A review of the literature

AM Jarrett, EABF Lima, DA Hormuth… - Expert review of …, 2018 - Taylor & Francis
Introduction: A defining hallmark of cancer is aberrant cell proliferation. Efforts to understand
the generative properties of cancer cells span all biological scales: from genetic deviations …

Virtual patients, digital twins and causal disease models: paving the ground for in silico clinical trials

P Moingeon, M Chenel, C Rousseau, E Voisin… - Drug discovery today, 2023 - Elsevier
Highlights•Predictive computational models are useful to complement clinical trials.•Disease
models that infer causality in pathophysiology have been produced.•Quantitative System …

Multi-scale modeling of macrophage—T cell interactions within the tumor microenvironment

CG Cess, SD Finley - PLoS computational biology, 2020 - journals.plos.org
Within the tumor microenvironment, macrophages exist in an immunosuppressive state,
preventing T cells from eliminating the tumor. Due to this, research is focusing on …

Simulations of tumor growth and response to immunotherapy by coupling a spatial agent-based model with a whole-patient quantitative systems pharmacology model

A Ruiz-Martinez, C Gong, H Wang… - PLoS computational …, 2022 - journals.plos.org
Quantitative systems pharmacology (QSP) models and spatial agent-based models (ABM)
are powerful and efficient approaches for the analysis of biological systems and for clinical …