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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2018 Oct 7.
Published in final edited form as: J Theor Biol. 2017 May 18;430:245–282. doi: 10.1016/j.jtbi.2017.05.013

Table 2.

Dimensionless Dependent Variables.

Dimensionless Dependent Variable Biological Representation Scaling Factor (e.g. ϕV=ϕVϕα)
ϕV
Viable tumor cells ϕα (fixed solid volume fraction)
ϕD
Dead tumor cells
ϕα
ϕE
Extracellular Matrix
ϕα
ϕH
Healthy host cells
ϕα
n
Oxygen
n
g
Glucose
g
w
Carbon dioxide
n
Lactate
n
b
Bicarbonate
n
a
Hydrogen ion
n
s
Sodium ion
n
r
Chloride ion
n
tgf
Tumor growth factors
tgfsat
taf
Tumor angiogenic factors
tafsat
m
MDEs
msat
F
Myofibroblastic cells
Fmax
BNE
New blood vessels
Bmax
LnE
New lymphatic vessels
Lmax
μT
Tumor cell potential
Ea
μE
Extracellular matrix potential
Ea
μH
Healthy host cell potential
Ea
p
Solid phase tumor cell pressure
P
q
Interstitial fluid phase pressure
Q
uβ
Interstitial fluid velocity
/T
uα
Solid cell velocity
/T