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Table 5 Mean values and 95% confidence interval of predicted NTCPs (%)

From: Radiotherapy of large target volumes in Hodgkin's lymphoma: normal tissue sparing capability of forward IMRT versus conventional techniques

  

NTCP(%)

 

Organ

AP-PA

FPIMRT

p -value

Lung

7.6 (3.6-11.6)

6.2 (2.8-9.6)

0.03

Heart

0.3 (0-0.7)

0.3 (0-0.8)

n.s.

Spinal cord

2.1 (1.6-2.6)

1.6 (1.3-1.9)

0.02

Thyroid

11.6 (8.1-15.2)

7.6 (5.4-9.8)

0.0002

  1. Abbreviations: NTCP normal tissue complication probability; other abbreviations as in table 3.
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Radiation Oncology

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