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. 2015 Feb 12;16:41. doi: 10.1186/s12859-015-0466-7

Table 2.

Main parameters for each of the tumor progression models

Model Birth rate Death rate Mutation Cancer
rate (per reached if
gene per
unit time)
Bozic 1 (1−s)j(1+s h)p 10−6 >109 cells
exp (1+s)j(1−s h)p(+) 1 b j∗10−7 >109 cells
McF_4 (1+s)j/(1+s h)p log(1+N/K) 5∗10−7 Number of
drivers ≥4
McF_6 (1+s)j/(1+s h)p log(1+N/K) 5∗10−7 Number of
drivers ≥6

j is the number of drivers with their dependencies met, and p the number of drivers with dependencies not met. In all cases s = 0.1. s h is set to either 0 (so it has no effect) or (so fitness of that clone is 0). N: population size. K = 2000. +:Strictly, birth rate = max(0, (1 + s)j (1 −s h)p).