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  1. Centre for Mathematical Medicine and Biology School of Mathematical Sciences, University of Nottingham, Nottingham NG7 2RD, UK

    Helen M. Byrne & I.M.M. van Leeuwen

  2. Department of Surgery and Molecular Oncology Ninewells Hospital, University of Dundee, Dundee DD1 9SY, Scotland, UK

    Markus R. Owen

  3. Department of Mathematics, Imperial College, 180 Queen’s Gate, London SW7 2AZ, UK

    Tomás Alarcón

  4. Centre for Mathematical Biology Mathematical Institute Department of Biochemistry, University of Oxford, South Parks Road, Oxford OX1 3QU, UK

    Philip K. Maini

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Byrne, H.M., Leeuwen, I.v., Owen, M.R., Alarcón, T., Maini, P.K. (2008). Multiscale Modelling of Solid Tumour Growth. In: Selected Topics in Cancer Modeling. Modeling and Simulation in Science, Engineering and Technology. Birkhäuser Boston. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-8176-4713-1_17

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