Table 2 Five sets of parameters used in Fig. 2 for Model 1.
From: First-passage times and normal tissue complication probabilities in the limit of large populations
Parameter | Definition | Value | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
(A) | (B) | (C) | (D) | (E) | ||
b | mitosis rate (day−1) | 0.019 | 0.019 | 0.019 | 0.019 | 0.038 |
d | natural death rate (day−1) | 0.002 | 0.002 | 0.002 | 0.002 | 0.004 |
h0 | irradiated death rate (day−1) | 0.035 | 0.032 | 0.026 | 0.026 | 0.026 |
M | typical population size (see text) | 500 | 500 | 500 | 5000 | 500 |
\(\ell \) | threshold for onset of NTC | 1/3 | 1/3 | 1/3 | 1/3 | 1/3 |
