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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2016 Apr 15.
Published in final edited form as: Cancer Res. 2015 Apr 15;75(8):1567–1579. doi: 10.1158/0008-5472.CAN-14-1428

Table 1.

Parameter Values

Param. Value Unit Description Reference
δx 20 µm Diameter of CA grid point Model specific
pD 0.005 1/day Normal tissue death rate [42]
pδ 0.7 1/day Death prob. in poor conditions Model specific
pn 5×10−4 1/day Necrotic turnover rate Model specific
DO 1820 µm2/s Diffusion rate of O2 [43]
DG 500 µm2/s Diffusion rate of glucose [44]
DH 1080 µm2/s Diffusion rate of protons [40]
DC 100 µm2/s Diffusion rate of chemo Model specific
Oo 0.056 mM O2 concentration in blood [45]
Go 5 mM Glucose concentration in blood [46]
pHo 7.4 pH pH of blood Physiologic pH
VO 0.012 mM/s Max. O2 concentration [45]
kO 0.005 mM Half-max O2 consumption [47]
kG 0.04 mM Half-max glucose consumption [47]
kH 2.5×10−4 Proton buffering coefficient [40]
βN 6.65 pH Normal acid resistance [48]
βT,min 6.1 pH Maximal acid resistance [47]
pG,max 50 Maximal glycolytic phenotype [49]
ΔH 0.001 Pheno. Variation rate (acid res.) Model specific
ΔG 0.05 Pheno. Variation rate (glycolysis) Model specific
Ad 0.3 ATP threshold for death Model specific
Aq 0.8 ATP threshold for quiescence Model specific
τmin 0.8 Day Min. cell cycle time [47]
σmin 80 µm Min. vessel spacing [50]
σmean 158 µm Mean vessel spacing [50]
ζO [8,20]×10−4 mM Hypoxic angiogenesis zone Model specific
νmean 20 Vessel stability Model specific
pang 0.3 Angiogenesis rate Model specific
Co 1 Chemo concentration in blood Model specific
Cd 0.25 Min chemo conc. half-max Model specific