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Table 2 Mean dose-volume data and standard deviations for 8 NPC patients comparing IMPT with IMRT

From: Intensity-modulated radiotherapy of nasopharyngeal carcinoma: a comparative treatment planning study of photons and protons

Target

Parameter

IMPT

IMRT

P value

 

Mean +/- 1SD

Mean +/- 1SD

 

GTV-T

D99

66.6

6.1

64.9

4.2

0.195

 

D1

74.8

1.1

76.1

0.8

0.008

 

D. mean

72.4

0.4

72.2

0.4

0.148

 

SD

1.4

1.07

2.2

0.9

0.008

 

V95

97.6%

3%

93%

6%

0.016

 

V105

0.5%

0.9%

1.6%

2%

0.063

 

CI

2.36

1.07

4.69

3.59

0.008

 

IC

0.11

0.1

0.17

0.09

0.016

PTV-TN

D99

52.5

4.2

55.3

2.2

0.039

 

D1

73.4

0.6

74.7

0.7

0.008

 

D. mean

66.5

0.4

66.5

0.2

0.844

 

SD

3.4

0.7

3.8

0.54

0.188

 

V95

93.3%

2%

87.7%

3%

0.008

 

V105

12.2%

5%

19.7%

4%

0.008

 

CI

1.02

0.07

1.12

0.12

0.016

 

IC

0.32

0.07

0.32

0.05

0.844

PTV-N

D99

45

2.3

44.7

0.9

0.945

 

D1

72.5

1.2

73.6

1.2

0.008

 

D. mean

59.3

2.7

59.5

2.3

0.742

 

SD

6.7

0.84

7

0.92

0.219

 

V95

95.4%

2%

92.0%

2%

0.016

 

V105

52.9%

17.9%

60.5%

13.8%

0.047

 

CI

1.11

0.06

1.32

0.12

0.016

 

IC

0.55

0.07

0.6

0.05

0.383

  1. All parameters are shown for the inclusive volumes of PTV-TN and PTV-N. SD = standard deviation, CI = conformity index, IC = inhomogeneity coefficient. Values for D99, D1, D. mean and SD are in cobalt Gray equivalent (GyE).