Table 2.

Tumour growth parameters according to the model

Parameters	Tumour group 1	Tumour group 2	Tumour group 3	Literature data (range) (reference)
Length of S phase	6.67 h	11 h	20 h	11 h 26
				13.7 h (7.3–37.5) 30
Mean cell‐cycle time (range)	20 h (12–36)	33 h (20–60)	60 h (36–108)	33 h (20–60) 26, 31
Volume doubling time	31 days	52 days	96 days	45 days (33–150) 32
Labelling index	4.71%	4.69%	4.67%	8% (1.2–30) 30
Cell division rate (24 h)	2.3%	1.3%	0.74%	— (derived from the model)
Pre‐treatment percentage of cancer stem cells	5.37%	5.42%	5.36%	Tang et al. 6
				Harper et al. 7
Cell loss factor	85%			85% 33