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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2023 Mar 15.
Published in final edited form as: Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys. 2021 Nov 11;112(4):1055–1062. doi: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2021.11.008

Table 1.

Summary of Model Parameters

Parameter Description Value Treatment Source References

a Tumor growth 0.01 d−1 No treatment Taken from literature (11)
f Lymphocyte decay rate 0.033 d−1 No treatment Taken from literature (12)
Natural death Unexpected natural death event rate not due to cancer progression 4.2%/mo No treatment Taken from literature (13)
αT/βT Tumor – LQ cell kill 14.3 Gy RT only Taken from literature (14)
r Inactivated tumor cell decay rate 0.14 d−1 RT only Taken from literature (15)
ω 1 Tumor-directed lymphocyte efficiency 0.119 d−1 RT only Fitted to local failure / distant metastasis in clinical trial NCT00976898 (9, 16)
ω2 ω3 Tumor /Inactivated tumor - lymphocyte recruitment constant 0.003 d−1 0.009 d−1 RT only Fitted to temporal lymphocyte counts in clinical trial NCT00976898 (9, 16)
g Geometric saturation constant 7.330 × 1010 RT only Fitted to temporal lymphocyte counts in clinical trial NCT00976898 (9, 16)
s Lymphocyte regeneration 1.470 × 108 d−1 RT only Fitted to temporal lymphocyte counts in clinical trial NCT00976898 (9, 16)
α T Tumor – LQ cell kill Normally distributed (μ = 0.148 σ = 0.024) RT only Fitted to local failure / distant metastasis in clinical trial NCT00976898 (9, 16)
α L Lymphocytes – LQ cell kill 0.737 Gy−1 RT only Fitted to temporal lymphocyte counts in clinical trial NCT00976898 (9, 16)
Cmax Maximum concentration 10 mg/kg ICI only Taken from literature (17)
t1/2 Half-life of immune checkpoint inhibitor (Durvalumab) in the body 21 days ICI only Taken from literature (17)
δdurva Effectiveness of immune checkpoint inhibitor (Durvalumab) Normally distributed (μ = 0.12 σ = 0.04) ICI only Fitted to RECIST1.1 responses in clinical trial NCT01693562 (18)