Armitage-Doll two-stage model: implications and extension.
The objective of this paper is twofold: (1) to provide insight on the simplified MVK model of carcinogenesis (a model proposed by Moolgavkar and colleagues) by revealing the relationship between the Armitage-Doll two-stage model and the simplified MVK model; and (2) to extend the Armitage-Doll two-stage model to one with time-varying (piece-wise constant) parameters. It is shown that the simplified MVK model is a special case of the Armitage-Doll two-stage model, and many applications of the simplified MVK model involving intermittent exposures or exposures to different compounds in different time periods can be derived easily from the Armitage-Doll two-stage model with piece-wise constant parameters. The limitations of the Armitage-Doll two-stage model are discussed.
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U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Washington, D.C. 20460.
D000818:Animals; D002273:Carcinogens / Q000494:pharmacology; D002471:Cell Transformation, Neoplastic / Q000139:chemically induced; D002999:Clone Cells; D004781:Environmental Exposure; D006801:Humans; D008954:Models, Biological; D015233:Models, Statistical; D016016:Proportional Hazards Models; D013269:Stochastic Processes
D002273:Carcinogens