Research Article

Modeling the Spatiotemporal Dynamics of Oncolytic Viruses and Radiotherapy as a Treatment for Cancer

Table 1

The parameters and their description, values, and units for models (1) and (7).

ParameterDescriptionValueUnitsReference

Diffusion coefficient of tumor cellsmm2/hEstimated
Tumor growth rate0.021/h[18]
Infection rate of the virusmm3/h virus[18]
Death rate of infected tumor cells1/181/h[18]
Diffusion coefficient of virusesmm2/hEstimated
Burst size of free virus50Viruses/cell[18]
Consumption rate of the virus1Virus/cellEstimated
Clearance rate of the virus0.0081/hEstimated
Rate of which the uninfected tumor cells become irreparably damaged0.011/hEstimated
Rate of which the infected tumor cells become irreparably damaged0.011/hEstimated
Death rate of damaged cells0.011/hEstimated
Radius of the blood vessel0.01mmEstimated
BVFBlood volume fraction0.05ā€”[16]
Value of at the blood vessel wallViruses/mm3Estimated
The time where Phase II begins120hEstimated