Existence result and free boundary limit of a tumor growth model with necrotic core

Abstract

We analyze a system of cross-diffusion equations that models the growth of an avascular-tumor spheroid. The model incorporates two nonlinear diffusion effects, degeneracy type and super diffusion. We prove the global existence of weak solutions and justify the convergence towards the free boundary problem of the Hele-Shaw type when the pressure gets stiff. We also investigate the convergence rate of the solutions in $L^1-$Lebesgue spaces.