Waiting times in a branching process model of colorectal cancer initiation

Ruibo Zhang, Obinna A. Ukogu and Ivana Bozic

Theoretical Population Biology, 2023, vol. 151, issue C, 44-63

Abstract: We study a multi-stage model for the development of colorectal cancer from initially healthy tissue. The model incorporates a complex sequence of driver gene alterations, some of which result in immediate growth advantage, while others have initially neutral effects. We derive analytic estimates for the sizes of premalignant subpopulations, and use these results to compute the waiting times to premalignant and malignant genotypes. This work contributes to the quantitative understanding of colorectal tumor evolution and the lifetime risk of colorectal cancer.

Keywords: Branching process; Waiting times; Cancer (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2023
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DOI: 10.1016/j.tpb.2023.04.001

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