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Table 2 Metastatic cascade parameter estimates from our model, human and murine studies

From: Detection of cancer before distant metastasis

Parameter

Model

Human

Murine

Doubling time (months)

1.7 ± 0.9

5.7 (2.0-11.2)

 

Dissemination rate (CTC/h/g)

280 (90–470)

3.1 · 103 (90–78 · 103)

1.0 · 105 (1.5 · 10-1-8.7 · 106)

Metastatic efficiency

1.7 · 10-8 (1.3 · 10-8-4.2 · 10-8)

 

7 · 10-5 (1 · 10-6-6 · 10-3)

  1. Literature values are the median of all estimates with the range of estimates in parenthesis. Detailed data for each publication is accessed through Additional file 1: Table S1.