Abstract
We propose a mechanism for prostate cancer cell lines growth, e.g., LNCaP and PC3 based on a Gompertz dynamics. This growth exhibits a multifractal behavior and a “second order” phase transition. Finally, it was found that the cellular line PC3 exhibits a higher value the entropy production rate compared to LNCaP, which is indicative of the robustness of PC3, over to LNCaP and may be a quantitative index of metastatic potential tumors.
Highlights
Cancer is an open, complex, dynamic and self-organizing system.
Prostate cancer cell lines growth follows a Gompertz dynamics
Prostate cancer cell lines exhibit a multifractal behavior
The entropy production rate may be considered as metastatic potential marker
Footnotes
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