On estimating the growth function of tumors

DOI10.1016/0025-5564(83)90097-4zbMath0531.92004OpenAlexW1970854369MaRDI QIDQ788656

Barry W. Brown, Robert Bartoszyński, James R. Thompson, E. Neely Atkinson

Publication date: 1983

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

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1016/0025-5564(83)90097-4

zbMATH Keywords

simulationmaximum likelihoodbreast cancerdetectabilitytumor growth curve

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Applications of statistics to biology and medical sciences; meta analysis (62P10) Nonparametric estimation (62G05) Non-Markovian processes: estimation (62M09) Medical applications (general) (92C50) Population dynamics (general) (92D25)

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