A dynamical model of combination therapy applied to glioma

Autor: Handoko Handoko, Setyanto Tri Wahyudi, Ardian Arif Setyawan, Agus Kartono
Rok vydání: 2022
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Zdroj: Journal of Biological Physics. 48:439-459
ISSN: 1573-0689
0092-0606
DOI: 10.1007/s10867-022-09618-8
Popis: Glioma is a human brain tumor that is very difficult to treat at an advanced stage. Studies of glioma biomarkers have shown that some markers are released into the bloodstream, so data from these markers indicate a decrease in the concentration of blood glucose and serum glucose in patients with glioma; these suggest an association between glucose and glioma. This decrease mechanism in glucose concentration can be described by the coupled ordinary differential equations of the early-stage glioma growth and interactions between glioma cells, immune cells, and glucose concentration. In this paper, we propose developing a new mathematical model to explain how glioma cells evolve and survive combination therapy between chemotherapy and oncolytic virotherapy, as an alternative to glioma treatment. In this study, three therapies were applied for analysis, that is, (1) chemotherapy, (2) virotherapy, and (3) a combination of chemotherapy and virotherapy. Virotherapy uses specialist viruses that only attack tumor cells. Based on the simulation results of the therapy carried out, we conclude that combination therapy can reduce the glioma cells significantly compared to the other two therapies. The simulation results of this combination therapy can be an alternative to glioma therapy.
Databáze: OpenAIRE
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