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On estimating the growth function of tumours

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 July 2016

Robert Bartoszyński
Robert Bartoszyński*
Affiliation:
Rice University
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Extract

The growth rate of a cancerous tumour as a function of its age is a subject of intellectual and practical importance, as it influences both the effectiveness of proposed screening programs and strategy of treatment. Obtaining direct evidence on the growth rate is quite difficult owing to the ethical necessity to intervene when cancer is confirmed.

Type
Applied Probability in Biology and Engineering. An ORSA/TIMS Special Interest Meeting
Information
Advances in Applied Probability , Volume 16 , Issue 1 , March 1984 , pp. 23
Copyright
Copyright © Applied Probability Trust 1984 

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