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Discovered by Benjamin Gompertz, a nineteenth-century actuary, the Gompertzian growth curve describes the complex pattern of tumor growth. The curve has an early, almost exponential growth rate followed by slower growth rate which reaches a plateau as tumors grow larger in size.
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(2011). Gompertzian Growth Curve. In: Schwab, M. (eds) Encyclopedia of Cancer. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-16483-5_2473
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