Parameter estimation in a Gompertzian stochastic model for tumor growth

Biometrics

Volumn 56, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 1076-1081

  Ferrante, L ^a   Bompadre, S ^a   Possati, L ^a   Leone, L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÀ POLITECNICA DELLE MARCHE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Angiogenesis and tumor growth; Antiangiogenic drugs; Gompertzian stochastic model; Maximum likelihood estimation; Stochastic differential equations

Indexed keywords

DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; STOCHASTIC MODELS; STOCHASTIC SYSTEMS; TUMORS;

ANGIOGENESIS; ANGIOGENESIS AND TUMOR GROWTH; ANTIANGIOGENIC; ANTIANGIOGENIC DRUG; GOMPERTZIAN STOCHASTIC MODEL; MAXIMUM-LIKELIHOOD ESTIMATION; STOCHASTIC DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS; STOCHASTIC-MODELING; STOCHASTICS; TUMOR GROWTH;

MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD ESTIMATION;

ANGIOGENESIS INHIBITOR; PNU 153429; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANGIOGENESIS; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; DRUG EFFECT; GROWTH RATE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STOCHASTIC MODEL; TUMOR GROWTH; TUMOR VOLUME;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0033635161     PISSN: 0006341X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0006-341X.2000.01076.x     Document Type: Article

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