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Table 3 Pearson correlation (r) and p values of variables with axillary and lung dose

From: Dose to level I and II axillary lymph nodes and lung by tangential field radiation in patients undergoing postmastectomy radiation with tissue expander reconstruction

 

r value: % Axillary VD95%

p value

r value: % Ipsilateral Lung VD50%

P value

HH to Expander

0.13

0.56

0.005

0.98

HH to Exp/HH to XP

0.16

0.46

0.03

0.88

Expander Angle

-0.25

0.24

0.41

0.05

Expander Distance

0.34

0.28

0.50

0.10

Ipsi Exp Volume

0.51

0.012

0.01

0.95

Ipsi Exp Vol*

0.18

0.60

0.21

0.54

Ipsi Exp Vol†

0.70

0.01

0.10

0.77

Contralat Exp Volume

0.76

0.006

0.19

0.56

Axillary Volume

0.52

0.011

N/A

N/A

  1. * Only patients with ipsilateral expanders
  2. † Only patients with bilateral expanders