Table 1.

Parameter values for the cancer-immune ecology model, estimated from experimental data of BCL ₁ lymphoma in the spleen of chimeric mice (see [20])

Parameter	Meaning	Kuznetsov et al. (1994) estimate
r	Cancer cell replication rate	0.18day −1
K	Tumor carrying capacity	2×109cells
δc	Immune-mediated cancer cell death rate	1.101×10−7day−1cells−1
δE	Cancer-mediated immune cell death rate	3.422×10−10day−1cells−1
m	Rate of T cell migration towards tumor site	1.3×104cells day −1
g	Tumor size limit for effective T cell infiltration	2.019×107cells
ρ	Rate of cancer cell recognition by the immune system	0.1245day −1
d	Intrinsic T cell death rate	0.0412day −1