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Table 4 Radiation induced cancer mortality risks (mean ± standard deviation) due to whole lung low dose radiotherapy (with a prescribed dose equal to 1 Gy) in different techniques for a 30 years old man and woman

From: Estimating cancer risks due to whole lungs low dose radiotherapy with different techniques for treating COVID-19 pneumonia

Cancer site

3D-CRT AP–PA

3D-CRT 8 fields

IMRT

VMAT

Male

Stomach

0.093 ± 0.006

0.086 ± 0.008

0.069 ± 0.008

0.072 ± 0.008

Liver

0.091 ± 0.011

0.078 ± 0.008

0.088 ± 0.010

0.091 ± 0.011

Lung

1.252 ± 0.161

1.316 ± 0.193

1.166 ± 0.118

1.177 ± 0.139

Other

0.197 ± 0.019

0.169 ± 0.018

0.132 ± 0.015

0.146 ± 0.018

All solids

1.633 ± 0.123

1.650 ± 0.121

1.455 ± 0.099

1.486 ± 0.103

Female

Stomach

0.122 ± 0.008

0.113 ± 0.011

0.090 ± 0.011

0.094 ± 0.011

Liver

0.051 ± 0.005

0.044 ± 0.005

0.049 ± 0.005

0.051 ± 0.006

Lung

2.492 ± 0.322

2.620 ± 0.383

2.322 ± 0.234

2.343 ± 0.277

Breast

0.744 ± 0.104

0.390 ± 0.031

0.336 ± 0.024

0.360± 0.031

Other

0.216 ± 0.021

0.185 ± 0.020

0.144 ± 0.016

0.159 ± 0.018

All solids

3.626 ± 0.295

3.353 ± 0.293

3.941 ± 0.313

3.008 ± 0.283

  1. Risk values are presented as incidence probability per 100 individuals