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Background: Cancer is the biggest cause of mortality globally, with approximately 10 million
fatalities expected by 2020, or about one in every six deaths. Breast, lung,
colon, rectum, and prostate cancers are the most prevalent types of cancer.
Methods: In this work, fractional modeling is presented which describes the dynamics of
cancer treatment with mixed therapies (immunotherapy and chemotherapy).
Mathematical models of cancer treatment are important to understand the dynamical
behavior of the disease. Fractional models are studied considering immunotherapy
and chemotherapy to control cancer growth at the level of cell populations. The
models consist of the system of fractional differential equations (FDEs).
Fractional term is defined by Caputo fractional derivative. The models are solved
numerically by using Adams-Bashforth-Moulton method.
Results: For all fractional models the reasonable range of fractional order is between