Bertanlaffy growth - differential equation

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Suppose a tumor of mass $m$ satisfies the differential equation $\frac{dm}{dt}=am^{\frac{3}{4}}-bm-cm^{\frac{2}{3}}$, where $c$ increases slowly from zero. Show that as $c$ increases, the tumour eventually completely disappears.

To do this, I tried sketching a graph of $\frac{dm}{dt}$ but this didn't really yield any results for me.

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Hint

Let $m=u^{12}$ to make $$12\,u'\,u^3+b\,u^4-a\,u=-c$$ Switch variables to get $t(u)$ and compute $\partial t/\partial c$ and analyze.