From: MRI and CT imaging for preoperative target volume delineation in breast-conserving therapy
 |  | Number of patients | Number of observers | Studied target volume | Volume (cc)¶ | Method | Outcome¶ |
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a) CT | Struikmans 2005 [4] | 18 | 5 | TB | Mean 20 (6.4-75.8) | CIpairs | Mean 0.56 (0.39-0.74) |
 | Petersen 2007 [5] | 30 | 3 | TB | Mean 48.7 (10.3-189.3) | CIcommon | Mean 0.61 (0.27-0.84) |
dCOM | 0.5-1.1* (SD 0. 5–1.8) | ||||||
 | Hurkmans 2009 [6] | 10 | 4 | TB | 40 | CIcommon | Mean 0.31 (range 0.11 – 0.52) |
 | Coles 2009 [7] | 12 | 2 | TB | 29.0 (SD 28.5) | dCOM | Median 3 (range 1–9) |
18.7 (8–116) | |||||||
 | Jolicoeur 2011 [8] | 66 | 3 | TB | 13.7 | CIcommon | Mean 0.66 |
 | Giezen 2012 [9] | 15 | 4 | TB | 27 (SD 25) | CIgen | 0.52 (SD 0.21) |
dCOM | 4 (SD 3) | ||||||
 | Van Mourik 2010 [10] | 8 | 13 | CTV | n.a. | CIpairs | 0.61# (range 0.35 – 0.79) |
dCOM | 7.25 (2.73 – 26.87) | ||||||
 | Boersma 2012 [11] | 26 | 5 | CTV | 41.9 (SD 34) | CIpairs | 0.36 (SD 0.21) |
dCOM | 11 (SD 8) | ||||||
 | Van den Assem 2012 [12] | 19 | 3 | CTV | 37.6 | CIpairs | Mean 0.59 |
dCOM | Mean 5.5 | ||||||
 | Landis 2007 [13] | 29 | 4 | PTV | 202 (65–492) | CIpairs | 0.76 (0.52-0.92) |
dCOM | 2.5 (0. 7–11.5) | ||||||
b) MRI | Jolicoeur 2011 [8] | 66 | 3 | TB | 10.1 | CIcommon | Mean 0.96 |
 | Giezen 2012 [9] | 15 | 4 | TB | 27 (SD 26) | CIgen | 0.32 (0.25) |
dCOM | 11(SD 10) | ||||||
c) CT + additional preop CT | Boersma 2012 [11] | 26 | 5 | CTV | 36 (SD 31) | CIpairs | 0.36 (SD 0.19) |
dCOM | 10 (SD 7) | ||||||
 | Van den Assem 2012 [12] | 19 | 3 | CTV | 34.7 | CIpairs | Mean 0.68 |
dCOM | Mean 2.9 | ||||||
d) Preop CT | 26 | 5 | GTV | 0.99 | CIpairs | 0.45 (SD 0.22) | |
dCOM | 4.3 (SD 7.6) | ||||||
CTV | 37.5 | CIpairs | Mean 0.77 | ||||
dCOM | Mean 4.4 | ||||||
 | This study (excluding 2 misdelineations) | 12 | 4 | GTV | 2.1 | CIpairs | 0.56 (0.11 – 0.83) |
dCOM | 1.1 (0.3 – 12.8) | ||||||
CTV | 48.1 | CIpairs | 0.82 (0.39 – 0.93) | ||||
1.4 (0.3 – 13.6) | |||||||
e) Preop MRI | This study (excluding 2 misdelineations) | 12 | 4 | GTV | 2.7 | CIpairs | 0.61 0.37 – 0.78) |
dCOM | 1.2 (0.3 – 3.6) | ||||||
CTV | 59.0 | CIpairs | 0.84 (0.47 – 0.93) | ||||
dCOM | 1.8 (0.1 – 4.8) |