Abstract
The exact hazard function of the clonal expansion model was analyzed, and it was shown that only three of its four parameters can be determined by fitting to the age dependence of spontaneous tumor incidence rates. The same holds for the survival function.
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Heidenreich, W.F. On the parameters of the clonal expansion model. Radiat Environ Biophys 35, 127–129 (1996). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02434036
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02434036