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Branching Process Models of Cancer / by Richard Durrett.
Springer Nature - Springer Mathematics and Statistics eBooks 2015 English International Available online
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- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Durrett, Richard., Author.
- Series:
- Stochastics in Biological Systems, 2364-2297 ; 1.1
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Probabilities.
- Biomathematics.
- Cancer--Research.
- Cancer.
- Probability Theory and Stochastic Processes.
- Mathematical and Computational Biology.
- Cancer Research.
- Local Subjects:
- Probability Theory and Stochastic Processes.
- Mathematical and Computational Biology.
- Cancer Research.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (73 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed. 2015.
- Place of Publication:
- Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2015.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- This volume develops results on continuous time branching processes and applies them to study rate of tumor growth, extending classic work on the Luria-Delbruck distribution. As a consequence, the authors calculate the probability that mutations that confer resistance to treatment are present at detection and quantify the extent of tumor heterogeneity. As applications, the authors evaluate ovarian cancer screening strategies and give rigorous proofs for results of Heano and Michor concerning tumor metastasis. These notes should be accessible to students who are familiar with Poisson processes and continuous time. Richard Durrett is mathematics professor at Duke University, USA. He is the author of 8 books, over 200 journal articles, and has supervised more than 40 Ph.D. students. Most of his current research concerns the applications of probability to biology: ecology, genetics, and most recently cancer.
- Contents:
- Multistage Theory of Cancer
- Mathematical Overview
- Branching Process Results
- Time for Z_0 to Reach Size M
- Time Until the First Type 1
- Mutation Before Detection?
- Accumulation of Neutral Mutations
- Properties of the Gamma Function
- Growth of Z_1(t)
- Movements of Z_1(t)
- Luria-Delbruck Distributions
- Number of Type 1's at Time T_M
- Gwoth of Z_k(t)
- Transitions Between Waves
- Time to the First Type \tau_k, k \ge 2
- Application: Metastasis
- Application: Ovarian Cancer
- Application: Intratumor Heterogeneity.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references.
- ISBN:
- 3-319-16065-6
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