A stochastic markov chain model to describe lung cancer growth and metastasis

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2012, Pages

  Newton, Paul K ^a   Mason, Jeremy ^a   Bethel, Kelly ^b   Bazhenova, Lyudmila A ^c   Nieva, Jorge ^d   Kuhn, Peter ^e  

^a University of Southern California   (United States)

^b SCRIPPS CLINIC   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN DIEGO   (United States)

^d BILLINGS CLINIC   (United States)

^e SCRIPPS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; CANCER GROWTH; DISEASE COURSE; LUNG CANCER; MATHEMATICAL VARIABLE; METASTASIS; PROBABILITY; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL DISTRIBUTION; STEADY STATE; STOCHASTIC MODEL; TUMOR MICROENVIRONMENT; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CELL ADHESION; CELL MOTION; HUMAN; LUNG TUMOR; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; STATISTICS; TIME;

CELL ADHESION; CELL MOVEMENT; DISEASE PROGRESSION; HUMANS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MARKOV CHAINS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; NEOPLASM METASTASIS; STOCHASTIC PROCESSES; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84860496844     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0034637     Document Type: Article

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