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. 2019 Dec 10;9:18678. doi: 10.1038/s41598-019-55068-z

Table 1.

Standard parameters and their values for the platinum resistance mathematical model. “—” represents dimensionless unit.

Symbol Value Unit Description Reference
b 0.667 1day Division rate Taken from27
d 0.661 1day Death rate Taken from29
u 10−5 1celldivision Transition rate Taken from5
M 3.959·1011 # of cells Average tumor burden at diagnosis Taken from5
Mrelapse 109 # of cells Tumor burden at recurrence Taken from30
dchemotherapy 0.856 Average chemotherapy effect on sensitive cells Estimated from a calibration cohort from5
α1 0.02 Weight of chemotherapy effects on cells with one resistance mechanism Estimated from a calibration cohort from5
α2 0.01 Weight of chemotherapy effects on cells with two resistance mechanisms Estimated from a calibration cohort from5
β 2 cell-log kill Fraction of cells removed by surgery Taken from5