A stochastic model of tumor response to fractionated radiation: limit theorems and rate of convergence

DOI10.1016/j.mbs.2004.04.003zbMath1074.92020OpenAlexW2048382566WikidataQ51991755 ScholiaQ51991755MaRDI QIDQ2565814

Leonid G. Hanin

Publication date: 28 September 2005

Published in: Mathematical Biosciences (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.mbs.2004.04.003

zbMATH Keywords

Poisson distributionLimiting distributionRate of convergenceProbability generating functionGeneralized negative binomial distributionClonogenic tumor cellFractionated irradiationGeneralized geometric distributionIterated birth and death Markov processLaw of Rare Events

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Applications of branching processes (60J85) Medical applications (general) (92C50)

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• On the Generalized "Birth-and-Death" Process
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