Table 1 One possible combination of parameters with which the tLIR model of11 fits empirical data well. We are restricting r to be in the range [10−10, 10−6] as was done by11.

From: A Simple 3-Parameter Model for Cancer Incidences

Cancer

k

r

R 2

Stem cell

Division rate

Generation1

Risk

AML

4.8

1.000e − 06

1.00

1.35e + 08

12.000

1047.01

4.651e − 03

BCC

4.5

1.000e − 06

0.98

5.82e + 09

7.600

678.44

2.181e − 04

CLL

4.9

1.000e − 06

0.99

1.35e + 08

12.000

1047.01

6.925e − 03

COAD

5.5

5.012e − 07

1.00

2.00e + 08

73.000

6232.58

5.677e − 02

DUAD

5.3

1.000e − 06

1.00

4.00e + 06

24.000

2061.93

3.714e − 04

ESCA

4.5

5.012e − 07

0.99

8.64e + 05

17.400

1498.72

3.106e − 03

GBNPAD

3.5

1.000e − 06

0.85

1.60e + 06

0.584

70.25

1.896e − 03

GBM*

   

1.35e + 08

0.000

27.01

3.825e − 03

HNSC

3.8

1.995e − 07

0.99

1.85e + 07

21.500

1851.64

1.730e − 02

LHCA

3.6

1.000e − 06

0.94

3.01e + 09

0.912

109.05

7.079e − 03

LUAD

2.8

7.943e − 08

0.83

1.22e + 09

0.070

36.13

2.304e − 02

MBM*

   

1.36e + 08

0.000

27.02

1.414e − 04

SKCM

3.8

1.000e − 06

1.00

3.80e + 09

2.480

242.62

3.038e − 02

OSARC

1.0

1.585e − 08

0.96

4.18e + 06

0.067

27.69

2.696e − 04

OSARCA

1.0

6.310e − 07

0.96

6.50e + 05

0.067

25.01

2.527e − 05

OSARCH

3.0

1.000e − 06

0.99

8.60e + 05

0.067

25.41

1.660e − 05

OSARCL

1.0

3.981e − 07

0.96

1.59e + 06

0.067

26.30

1.312e − 04

OSARCP

3.1

1.000e − 06

0.91

4.50e + 05

0.067

24.47

3.229e − 05

OVGC*

   

1.10e + 07

0.000

23.39

7.638e − 05

PDAD

3.8

1.000e − 06

0.92

4.18e + 09

1.000

116.96

1.016e − 02

PECA

3.6

1.000e − 06

0.99

7.40e + 07

1.000

111.14

1.498e − 04

SIAD

5.0

5.012e − 07

1.00

1.00e + 08

36.000

3086.58

8.013e − 04

TGCC

1.9

7.943e − 07

0.96

7.20e + 06

5.800

515.78

2.244e − 03

TPFC

3.1

1.000e − 06

0.98

6.50e + 07

0.087

33.35

6.922e − 03

TMCA

3.1

7.943e − 07

0.93

6.50e + 06

0.087

30.03

8.707e − 05

  1. 1Assuming lifetime is 85 years old, stem cells go through \({\mathrm{log}}_{2}S+d\cdot 85\) generations.
  2. *Cancers of which parameter estimates are impossible because division rate is 0.