A multiphase model for three-dimensional tumor growth

Video abstract for the article 'A multiphase model for three-dimensional tumor growth' by G Sciumè et al 2013 New J. Phys. 15 015005. Introduction and background. Multiphase porous media mechanics is here applied to model tumor growth. The governing equations obtained via the thermodynamically constrained averaging theory (TCAT) are solved numerically by means of the finite element method. The multiphase system consists of four phases: the extracellular matrix (ECM), the tumor cells (TC)...