| Nomenclature | |
| CSC | cancer stem cell |
| HSC | hematopoietic stem cell |
| NH | number of healthy stem cells at random time of extinc- tion of cancer stem cells |
| Mn | time at which n clans of stem cells go extinct |
| Greek symbols | |
| β | birth rate per stem cell |
| δ | death rate per stem cell |
| ϕ | rate of quiescence per actively dividing stem cell |
| α | rate of awakening per quiescent stem cell |
| ν | death rate per quiescent stem cell |
| βC | birth rate per cancer stem cell |
| δC | death rate per cancer stem cell |
| βH | birth rate per healthy stem cell |
| δH | death rate per healthy stem cell |
| ϕC | rate of quiescence per actively dividing cancer stem cell |
| αC | rate of awakening per quiescent stem cancer cell |
| νC | death rate per quiescent stem cancer stem cell |
| ϕH | rate of quiescence per actively dividing healthy stem cell |
| αH | rate of awakening per quiescent healthy stem cell |
| νH | death rate per quiescent healthy stem cell |