Title of article :
Dynamics of Breast Cancer under Different Rates of Chemoradiotherapy
Author/Authors :
Mkango, Sara B Department of Mathematics - University of Dar es Salaam - Dar es Salaam, Tanzania , Shaban, Nyimvua Department of Mathematics - University of Dar es Salaam - Dar es Salaam, Tanzania , Mureithi, Eunice Department of Mathematics - University of Dar es Salaam - Dar es Salaam, Tanzania , Ngoma, Twalib Department of Clinical Oncology - Muhimbili University of Health and Allied Sciences - Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
Abstract :
A type of cancer which originates from the breast tissue is referred to as breast cancer. Globally, it is the most common cause of
death in women. Treatments such as radiotherapy, chemotherapy, hormone therapy, immunotherapy, and gene therapy are the
main strategies in the fight against breast cancer. The present study aims at investigating the effects of the combined radiotherapy
and chemotherapy as a way to treat breast cancer, and different treatment approaches are incorporated into the model. Also, the
model is fitted to data on patients with breast cancer in Tanzania. We determine new treatment strategies, and finally, we show that
when sufficient amount of chemotherapy and radiotherapy with a low decay rate is used, the drug will be significantly more
effective in combating the disease while health cells remain above the threshold.
Keywords :
Chemoradiotherapy , Dynamics , Globally
Journal title :
Computational and Mathematical Methods in Medicine
