Stochastic models of tumor growth and the probability of elimination by cytotoxic cells

DOI10.1007/BF00275990zbMath0547.92002WikidataQ52698330 ScholiaQ52698330MaRDI QIDQ799598

Stephen J. Merrill

Publication date: 1984

Published in: Journal of Mathematical Biology (Search for Journal in Brave)

zbMATH Keywords

extinction probability; diffusion approximations; cytotoxic cells; density dependent Markov jump process; elimination probability; growth of tumor cell populations

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

60J85: Applications of branching processes

92C50: Medical applications (general)

60J27: Continuous-time Markov processes on discrete state spaces

60J70: Applications of Brownian motions and diffusion theory (population genetics, absorption problems, etc.)

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