An essential stage in the spread of cancer is the entry of malignant cells into the bloodstream. The fundamental mechanism of cancer cell intravasation is still completely unclear, despite substantial advancements in observing tumor cell mobility in vivo. By creating therapeutic methods in conjunction with control engineering or by using the models for simulations and treatment process evaluation, tumor growth models have established themselves as a crucial instrument for producing an engineering backdrop for cancer therapy. Because tumor growth is a highly complex process, mathematical modeling has been essential for describing it because a carefully crafted tumor growth model constantly describes the measurements and the physiological processes of the tumors. This article discusses the exact and solitary wave behavior of a tumor cell with a three-dimensional linear-quadratic model. Exact solutions have been discussed in detail using the newly extended direct algebraic method, which presents a variety of answers to this issue based on the conditions applied. This article also illustrates its graphical behavior with surface and contour plots of several solitons.
I. INTRODUCTION
Nonlinear partial differential equations (NPDEs) are one of the key instruments for thoroughly analyzing the characteristics of nonlinear physical phenomena. In the fundamental sciences, they are being modeled in biology, physics, chemistry, etc.; in technology,1 they can be seen in image creation, control of non-linear systems, material sciences, etc.; in the theoretical sciences,2 they are playing a crucial role in many applied areas like meteorology, oceanography, and the aerospace industry, among others; and in social sciences,3 finance, economics, and many other fields. It is important to note that different classes of solutions may exist for the same NPDE, depending on the settings of the equation’s parameters.
Many analytical and numerical techniques, including the Bernoulli functional methodology,4 the F-expansion technique,5 the auxiliary equation technique,6 the simplest extended equation technique,7 the (G′/G)-expansion technique,8 the sub-ODE technique,9 the generalized Kudryashov technique (GKM),10 the Ricatti Bernoulli sub ODE method,11 the newly extended direct algebraic method,12 and many others, have been proposed in recent years to obtain solutions for NPDEs.13–15 Further relevant literature that can also be studied here is.16,17
The newly extended direct algebraic method (NEDAM) was chosen because it approaches the NPDE’s most consistent solutions. The suggested approach enables us to leverage the tedious algebraic calculations that are currently used to introduce solitary wave solutions.18 Our approach simply transforms the provided NPDEs into straightforward algebraic equations once we apply them. It is a very potent and successful strategy. This method is being used to replicate the precise resolution of NPDE, which occurs in many radio-biological situations.19
It is a common practice to use mathematical modeling of medical processes to establish quantitative discernment of bio-medical events. This quantitative strategy can be advantageous for both clinical and experimental research, and the field of cancer biology uses this mathematical modeling most frequently.20 To simulate particular aspects of cancer, such as tumor growth, many models have been used for this purpose.21 Tumors affect human cells, and the body has a large number of cells that grow and divide, as well as die and replace themselves in a controlled way. Some genes in this system are in charge of regulating. However, if this process is left unchecked, cells can grow much more quickly and can go in any direction, leading to the development of swelling or inflammation, which is known as a tumor. Consequently, a tumor is an abnormal mass of tissues that can either be solid or liquid-filled. Any tumor’s carcinogenic activity is unpredictable; it could be benign (not malignant), precancerous (pre-malignant), or fully malignant (progressive and uncontrollable). A premalignant tumor22 is one that is not yet malignant but is likely to become so. A benign tumor23 cannot metastasize (cannot spread, remains dormant). The cancerous malignant24 ones can cause mortality because of their advancing nature. They spread rapidly, are progressive, and are unchecked as a result of their rapid growth.
The classification of genes that promote enhanced proliferation and survival and the quantification of physical stresses like the pressure that spatially regulates the direction and scale of tumor growth are just a few examples of experimental studies that span all physiological scales in the quest to understand the underlying mechanisms of tumor proliferation. Although a great deal of knowledge has been accumulated regarding tumor genesis, development, progression, and response to therapy, reliable methods to forecast tumor growth and response to certain therapeutic regimens for a given patient are still lacking. Researchers have created a multitude of mathematical models and methodologies to forecast the growth of cancer and how it will respond to treatment, most of which are largely independent of breakthroughs in cancer biology.
By investigating dosing regimens with cytotoxicity models that describe the effect on proliferation, cell signaling models that identify cellular transition rates for drug targeting, and tissue scale models that predict tumor response to therapy using patient-specific imaging data, these models have the potential to be used to optimize therapy.
Combination therapy with carboplatin and small molecule inhibitors that target an anti-apoptotic protein has been developed using a mathematical model of drug-resistant ovarian tumor growth to improve medication dose. A recent model that describes doxorubicin treatment for triple-negative breast cancer and doxorubicin treatment offers a framework for studies that quantitatively examine treatment response in vitro as well as a scalable method for forecasting tumor response in vivo. Therefore, there is some support in the literature for mathematical modeling of tumor cell responses at the population level in both in vitro and in vivo situations.
II. PROBLEM STATEMENT
III. STEPS TO USE NEWLY EXTENDED DIRECT ALGEBRAIC METHOD
This thorough and straightforward method is used by many experts to discover solitons and other wave solutions to the given challenge. A class of NPDEs can receive precise answers using this method. The given system of equations can be included by following the procedures below.
- Step I: Considering the NPDE as follows:where N = N(x, t) is the unknown function, and Ω is a polynomial of N(x, t) and its derivatives with respect to x and t.(5)
- Step II: Applying the traveling wave transformationThe aforementioned form is obtained by adding the real variables x, t, and a compound variable η. Here, the wave speed is taken to be c. Our NPDE (5) can be transformed into the following ODE using the aforementioned transformation (ordinary differential equation):(6)where Θ is the polynomial of Ω and its derivatives, and the superscripts identify regular derivatives with respect to η.(7)
- Step III: Assume that the initial solution of Eq. (7) can be stated as a polynomial Ψ(η) in the following form:where ϒi(0 ≤ i ≤ P) are constants concluded and Ψ(η) satisfies the following ODE:(8)We currently have the following options for resolving the stated issue:(9)
For ϱ2 − 4ρσ < 0 and σ ≠ 0, there are five solutions
(10)For ϱ2 − 4ρσ > 0 and σ ≠ 0, there are five solutions
(11)3. For ρσ > 0 and ϱ = 0, there are five solutions(12)4. For ρσ < 0 and ϱ = 0, there are five solutions(13)5. For σ = ρ and ϱ = 0, there are five solutions(14)6. For σ = −ρ and ϱ = 0, there are five solutions(15)7. For ϱ2 = 4ρσ, there is only one solution(16)8. For ϱ = χ, ρ = κχ(κ ≠ 0) and σ = 0, there is only one solution(17)9. For ϱ = σ = 0, there is only one solution(18)10. For ρ = ϱ = 0, there is only one solution(19)11. For ρ = 0 and ϱ ≠ 0. there are two solutions(20)12. For ϱ = χ, σ = κχ(κ ≠ 0) and ρ = 0, there is only one solution(21)The generalized hyperbolic and trigonometric functions are defined as follows for the aforementioned solutions:where η is taken as an independent variable, p, q > 0, and are considered to be arbitrary constants.
Step IV: Now that we have the highest order derivative with the highest order nonlinear term, we can utilize the homogeneous balancing principle in Eq. (7) to determine the value of the positive integer P in Eq. (8).
Step V: The set of algebraic equations is produced by replacing Eq. (8) and its necessary derivatives in Eq. (7) and by equating the coefficients of a polynomial of the same power to zero. These equations can be analytically solved to obtain the necessary unknowns that were previously described in order to produce the final result of the solitary wave solution.
IV. APPLICATION OF THE PROPOSED METHOD ON LQ MODEL OF TUMOR CELL
Substituting the values in Eq. (23), we get the summarized results as follows:
- For ϱ2 − 4ρσ < 0 and σ ≠ 0, the five solutions below were created using mixed-trigonometric and trigonometric formulas (ϱ2 − 4ρσ = E):(26)(27)
- For ϱ2 − 4ρσ > 0 and σ ≠ 0 (considering ρ to be negative), there are five exact solutions derived below:(28)(29)
- For ρσ > 0 and ϱ = 0, there are five trigonometric and mixed-trigonometric solutions stated below:(30)
- For ρσ < 0 and ϱ = 0 (assuming the value of ρ is negative), there are five solutions constructed below:(31)(32)
- For σ = ρ and ϱ = 0, there are five solutions(33)
- For σ = −ρ and ϱ = 0, five solutions can be extracted below:(34)
- For ϱ2 = 4ρσ, there exist only one solution stated below:(35)
- For ϱ = Ψ and ρ = κΨ, (κ ≠ 0) and σ = 0. the only solution is(36)
- For ϱ = σ = 0, there is only one solution(37)
- For ρ = ϱ = 0, the only solution we get is(38)
- For ρ = 0 and ϱ ≠ 0, the two solutions are(39)
- For ϱ = Ψ, σ = κΨ(κ ≠ 0) and ρ = 0, there is only one solution(40)
V. GRAPHICAL BEHAVIOR
Below are various types of solitons that display the graphical behavior of the above-mentioned problem’s solution.
VI. RESULTS AND DISCUSSION
Since the majority of the solutions are trigonometric, including both simple and hyperbolic trigonometric solutions, the classification of the characteristics of different solutions is derived under these conditions. The surface and contour plots of each solution employing each specific condition listed in the approach are shown in the aforementioned graphs where Fig. 1 shows the periodic solitary waved behavior of the number of tumor cells N present at position x and time t represented in Eq. (27) under negative discriminant, Fig. 2 shows the surface and contour plots of the number of tumor cells N like a breather waved solitons present at position x and time t represented in Eq. (29) under positive discriminant, Fig. 3 represents the surface and contour plots showing periodic waved optical solitons of the number of tumor cells N present at position x and time t represented in Eq. (30) when ρσ > 0 and ϱ = 0, Fig. 4 signifies the surface and contour plots representing smooth solitons of the number of tumor cells N present at position x and time t represented in Eq. (32) when ρσ < 0 and ϱ = 0, Fig. 5 represents the surface and contour plots representing multi-peak singular solitons of the number of tumor cells N present at position x and time t represented in Eq. (33) when ρ = σ and ϱ = 0, Fig. 6 displays the surface and contour plots signifying dark solitons in the form of the number of tumor cells N present at position x and time t represented in Eq. (34) when ρ = −σ and ϱ = 0, Figs. 7 and 8 signify the surface and contour plots of pulse-like multi-peak singular solitons of the number of tumor cells N represented in Eq. (35) when ϱ2 = 4ρσ and Eq. (38) when ϱ = ρ = 0, Fig. 9 presents the surface and contour plots of kink solitons of the number of tumor cells N present at position x and time t represented in Eq. (39) when ρ = 0 and ϱ ≠ 0, and Fig. 10 shows the surface and contour plots of dark solitons of the number of tumor cells N present at position x and time t represented in Eq. (40) when ϱ = Ψ, σ = κΨ(κ ≠ 0) and ρ = 0.
VII. CONCLUSION
In cancer, mathematical modeling has evolved concurrently with experimental methods. Our understanding of tumor formation, specifically related to cancer cell proliferation at various scales, has improved as a result of numerous in silico studies that have demonstrated the effectiveness of this technique for developing mathematical frameworks. We discussed a number of solutions and strategies in this contribution to characterizing the dynamics of tumor cell proliferation. Future mathematical and experimental research on these theories is merited, especially for those defining therapeutic theories. In addition to the current analysis of mathematical models of tumor cells, we have discovered some precise soliton solutions in this article, utilizing the direct algebraic method, which is novel and unusual. The graphical behavior of solitons has successfully generated and displayed these solutions. The most significant accomplishment we have made with this strategy is the number of solutions we have produced by considering every potential result.
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
The authors would like to extend their sincere appreciation to the researcher supporting program at King Saud University, Riyadh, for funding this work under Project No. (RSPD2023R699).
AUTHOR DECLARATIONS
Conflict of Interest
The authors have no conflicts to disclose.
Author Contributions
Sidra Ghazanfar: Conceptualization (equal). Nauman Ahmed: Formal analysis (equal). Syed Mansoor Ali: Investigation (equal). Muhammad Sajid Iqbal: Resources (equal). Ali Akgül: Supervision (equal). Muhammad Ali Shar: Writing – original draft (equal). Abdul Bariq: Investigation (equal); Supervision (equal); Writing – review & editing (equal).
DATA AVAILABILITY
Data sharing is not applicable to this article as no new data were created or analyzed in this study.