Table 1.
Name | Value | Unit | Role | Reference | |
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1.92 | 1/day | Proliferation rate of sensitive cells | Hahnfeldt et al. (1999) | ||
0.96 | 1/day | Proliferation rate of resistant cells | |||
2.00 | 1/day | Mutation rate toward the resistant phenotype | |||
1.00 | 1/day | Mutation rate toward the sensitive phenotype | |||
0.00 | 1/day | Natural death rate of endothelial cells | Hahnfeldt et al. (1999) | ||
b | 5.85 | 1/day | Vascular growth rate stimulated by cancer cells | Hahnfeldt et al. (1999) | |
d | 8.73 | dayvol | Vascular inhibition rate by cancer cells | Hahnfeldt et al. (1999) | |
0.3 | dayconc | Sensitivity rate of sensitive cells to the chemotherapy agent | |||
0.1 | dayconc | Sensitivity rate of the vasculature to the chemotherapy agent | |||
2 | dayconc | Sensitivity rate of the vasculature to the anti-angiogenic agent | |||
u(t) | [0, 1] | Concentration of chemotherapy | |||
v(t) | [0, 1] | Concentration of anti-angiogenic agent | |||
300 | mm | Initial volume of the tumor | |||
17,000 | mm | Saturating volume of the tumor in the absence of therapy | |||
8000 | mm | Critical (fatal) volume of the tumor | |||
day | Survival time | ||||
mm | Sensitive population | ||||
mm | Resistant population | ||||
K | mm | Carrying capacity |
Parameters marked with are varied between simulations (see text)