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1-102-CancerTumor-ModelingScenario

Author(s): Jue Wang

Keywords: optimization logistic prediction data fitting power law Gompertz cancer growth eponential Bertalanaffy

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Resource Image This module guides students in the use of differential equation models to predict cancer growth and optimize treatment outcomes. Several classical models for cancer growth are studied, including exponential, power law, Bertalanffy, logistic, and Gompertz

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Differential Equation Type
Technique
Qualitative Analysis
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Course Level
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Technology
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Key Scientific Process Skills
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Pedagogical Approaches
Vision and Change Core Competencies - Ability
Principles of How People Learn
Bloom's Cognitive Level

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Students solve first-order differential equations using separation of variables and/or partial fractions. They examine the behaviors of the equations and solutions through qualitative techniques. Furthermore, students evaluate how cancer treatments affect tumor growth. Real cancer data are provided to give options for data fitting and prediction of cancer growth.

Through step-by-step investigation, conjecturing, predicting, and analyzing, students discover how their knowledge can be used to address complex and real problems, and improve problem solving ability and mathematical reasoning skills.

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Author(s): Jue Wang

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