Table 1.

Parameter values used in the simulations.

parameter	definition
α = 0.2	cancer growth rate
K = 1010	cancer carrying capacity
a0 = 10−4	cancer sensitivity to immune predation (predation strength)
γ = 0.2	immune growth rate
Ie = 100	immune homeostatic state
μ = 10−3	immune recruitment potential
C0 = 104	cancer initial condition for homogeneous population per cent lysis simulations
C0 = 1	cancer initial condition for homogeneous population growth simulations with decays
C0 = 9 × 103	sensitive subpopulation initial condition for heterogeneous population simulations
R0 = 103	resistant subpopulation initial condition for heterogeneous population simulations