A computational framework for the personalized clinical treatment of glioblastoma multiforme

Mox, Dipartimento di Matematica, Politecnico di Milano, Italy Department of Mathematical Sciences, Politecnico di Torino, Corso Duca degli Abruzzi 24, 10129 Turin, Italy Correspondence Davide Ambrosi, Mox, Dipartimento di Matematica, Politecnico di Milano, Italy. Email: davide.ambrosi@polimi.it Funding information Istituto Nazionale di Alta Matematica ∖"Francesco Severi∖", Grant/Award Number: Progetto Giovani 2017; AIRC MFAG, Grant/Award Number: 17412

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