ICCK Journal of Applied Mathematics | Volume 2, Issue 4: 283-292, 2026 | DOI: 10.62762/JAM.2026.576302
Abstract
Glioblastoma (GBM) is a highly infiltrative primary brain tumor, and reaction-diffusion models are widely used to describe how its cells spread and proliferate. We derive the classical Fisher-KPP equation from mass conservation, Fickian diffusion, and logistic growth, and extend it to fractionated radiotherapy through a linear-quadratic survival update applied to the tumor-density field at each fraction. The Fisher-KPP equation is solved by finite differences on a three-dimensional voxel grid with 0.5-mm spacing; Geant4 is used only for Monte Carlo photon transport and dose calculation. The schedule of 60~Gy in 30 fractions from the clinical case reported by Roda et al. is reproduced, and th... More >
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