A stochastic model for the origin and treatment of tumors containing drug-resistant cells (Q1820076)

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scientific article; zbMATH DE number 3993349
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    A stochastic model for the origin and treatment of tumors containing drug-resistant cells
    scientific article; zbMATH DE number 3993349

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      A stochastic model for the origin and treatment of tumors containing drug-resistant cells (English)
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      1986
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      A stochastic model for the chemotherapy of experimental tumors is presented. The focus of this model is on the presence of drug-resistant mutants and their influence on eventual treatment outcome. Equations are derived for the joint probability-generating function for the number of chemo-sensitive and chemo-resistant cells. The model is extended to two drugs and it is shown how the model may be used to make deductions regarding the optimum scheduling of therapy.
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      Kolmogorov forward equations
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      stochastic model
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      chemotherapy of experimental tumors
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      drug-resistant mutants
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      joint probability-generating function
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      chemo-sensitive and chemo-resistant cells
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      optimum scheduling of therapy
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