Research Article
Assessing the Effects of Estrogen on the Dynamics of Breast Cancer
Table 1
Model parameters and their interpretations.
| Parameter | Symbol | Value | Units | Reference |
| Per capita growth rate of normal cells | | | (day)−1 | est | Per capita growth rate of tumor cells | | | (day)−1 | [11] | Natural death rate of normal cells | | | (day)−1 | est | Natural death rate of tumor cells | | | (day)−1 | [12] | Normal cell death rate due to competition | | | (day)−1 | [12] | Tumor death rate due to immune response | | | (day)−1 | [12] | Source rate of immune cells | | | (day)−1 | [13] | Immune response rate | | | (day)−1 | [13] | Immune threshold rate | | | (day)−1 | [13] | Natural death rate of immune cells | | | (day)−1 | [12] |
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