“Rita is recognized by the CRA for her research on modeling and predicting the growth of highly invasive brain tumors called gliomas. The current treatment and management of gliomas is limited by the ability of present imaging technologies to assess the true extent of the tumors. To address this limitation, Rita’s research focuses on enhancing a mathematical model of tumor growth to more accurately reflect observed growth. Instead of assuming isotropic tumor cell diffusion, she is investigating anisotropic diffusion because it has been observed that glioma cells migrate preferentially along white matter tracts in the brain. She compares simulated growth with the observed growth in individual patients to determine which technique more accurately predicts the growth of gliomas in vivo…”
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