The role of Absorbing Markov Chains in childhood cancer

Absorbing Markov Chains are an important mathematical tool used for different applications in science. On the other hand, cancer and its metastases in children have a significant impact on health due to their degree of lethality. Therefore, the aim of this work is to model the metastatic pathways of...

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Autores: Margarit, David Hipólito, Reale, Marcela Verónica, Scagliotti, Ariel Fabricio, Romanelli, Lilia Mabel
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2023
País:Argentina
Institución:Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas
Repositorio:CONICET Digital (CONICET)
Idioma:inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:ri.conicet.gov.ar:11336/222474
Acceso en línea:http://hdl.handle.net/11336/222474
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:ABSORBING MARKOV CHAINS
METASTASIS
MATHEMATICAL BIOLOGY
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Sumario:Absorbing Markov Chains are an important mathematical tool used for different applications in science. On the other hand, cancer and its metastases in children have a significant impact on health due to their degree of lethality. Therefore, the aim of this work is to model the metastatic pathways of the main childhood cancers worldwide. The probabilities of generating metastases, from a primary site to secondary and tertiary sites, were characterized by constructing a directed graph and the associated transition matrix. In addition, the time of absorption and the probabilities of absorption by each absorbing state were calculated.