Tumor Memory: How Fractional Order Changes the Prognosis
A tumor doesn't grow like a tree; it grows like a city: today's skyline is shaped by yesterday's construction and the fires of the day before. Standard tumor growth equations don't account for this: they only look at the current moment, as if the city were rebuilt from scratch every day. The authors added "memory" to the model: now the equation remembers what came before, and that changes the forecast.