Stochastic multistage cancer models: A fresh look at an old approach

Handbook Of Cancer Models With Applications

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 25-44

  Zheng, Qi ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Birth and death process; Differential equation; Gamma frailty model; Hazard rate; Initial value problem

Indexed keywords

EID: 84894528870     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1142/9789812779489_0002     Document Type: Chapter

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