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Table 5 IM and RA treatment times and relative treatment staff costs

From: Volumetric modulated arc therapy is superior to conventional intensity modulated radiotherapy - a comparison among prostate cancer patients treated in an Australian centre

Pt No

Dose(Gy)/fraction

Total Treatment Beam Time (hours)

Difference in treatment

(Time: hr/min; Cost: $)

  

IM

RA

 

1

78/39

4.72

2.57

2h 9m/$178.02

2

74/37

5.80

2.97

2h 50m/$234.50

3

78/39

4.98

3.00

2h/$165.60

4

74/37

5.92

3.18

2h 43m/$224.90

5

78/39

4.05

3.57

28m/$38.64

6

74/37

4.50

2.35

2h 9m/$178.02

7

78/39

7.48

4.05

3h 27m/$285.66

8

74/37

3.93

3.13

47m/$64.86