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  • In silico modeling techniques are advancing cancer research.
  • Agent-based modeling (ABM) is a powerful computational method for simulating cancer.
  • ABM captures cell population diversity and individual cell behavior.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To review recent agent-based models in cancer research.
  • To highlight insights into cancer growth and invasion from ABMs.
  • To present experimentally testable hypotheses derived from these models.

Main Methods:

  • Review of recent literature on agent-based models for cancer.
  • Analysis of ABMs incorporating various cancer aspects: morphology, microenvironment, angiogenesis, extracellular matrix, treatment response, oxygen/nutrient effects, metastasis.
  • Discussion of multiscale ABM challenges.

Main Results:

  • Recent ABMs provide insights into cancer growth and invasion across multiple biological scales.
  • Models investigate diverse phenomena including phenotype changes, adaptation, and metastasis.
  • Several experimentally testable hypotheses have been generated from these computational models.

Conclusions:

  • Agent-based modeling is a valuable tool for understanding complex cancer behaviors.
  • ABMs facilitate the generation of novel, testable hypotheses for experimental validation.
  • Further development is needed to address challenges in multiscale agent-based cancer modeling.