Structure, DVH dose level (Gy) | Photons | Protons |  P value, Wilcoxian Signed Rank test | Significance level | Sequential Bonferroni | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Mean | SD | Mean | SD | ||||
Esophagus | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
20 | 65.87 | 23.54 | 3.89 | 7.68 | 9.82E-05 | <0.01 | †|
15 | 96.68 | 5.12 | 8.73 | 12.53 | 9.80E-05 | <0.01 | †|
10 | 98.09 | 3.26 | 14.76 | 16.59 | 9.75E-05 | <0.01 | †|
5 | 99.61 | 0.98 | 24.67 | 21.28 | 9.80E-05 | <0.01 | †|
Heart | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
20 | 2.80 | 4.58 | 0.03 | 0.08 | 2.51E-04 | <0.01 | †|
15 | 42.49 | 16.98 | 0.15 | 0.23 | 9.82E-05 | <0.01 | †|
10 | 56.77 | 11.12 | 0.53 | 0.62 | 9.82E-05 | <0.01 | †|
5 | 60.68 | 11.30 | 1.31 | 1.28 | 9.82E-05 | <0.01 | †|
Kidneys | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
20 | 2.03 | 1.91 | 0.60 | 0.82 | 3.15E-03 | <0.01 | †|
15 | 4.11 | 2.81 | 2.49 | 2.34 | 1.07E-03 | <0.01 | †|
10 | 5.92 | 3.68 | 5.53 | 4.70 | 2.50E-01 | NS | — |
5 | 8.89 | 4.95 | 10.58 | 7.95 | 6.24E-01 | NS | — |
Liver | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
20 | 3.09 | 3.17 | 0.08 | 0.15 | 9.82E-05 | <0.01 | †|
15 | 14.69 | 4.22 | 0.27 | 0.30 | 9.82E-05 | <0.01 | †|
10 | 22.55 | 1.99 | 0.61 | 1.05 | 9.82E-05 | <0.01 | †|
5 | 24.78 | 3.95 | 1.10 | 0.75 | 9.82E-05 | <0.01 | †|
Lungs | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
20 | 3.07 | 2.14 | 2.27 | 1.92 | 3.54E-02 | < 0.05 | * |
15 | 6.03 | 2.92 | 4.87 | 3.24 | 6.14E-03 | < 0.01 | †|
10 | 8.35 | 3.52 | 7.66 | 4.32 | 7.23E-02 | NS | — |
5 | 11.69 | 4.51 | 11.31 | 5.52 | 1.53E-01 | NS | — |
Thyroid | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
20 | 11.91 | 21.19 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 6.10E-05 | <0.01 | †|
15 | 66.16 | 30.19 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 9.80E-05 | <0.01 | †|
10 | 80.97 | 21.53 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 9.48E-05 | <0.01 | †|
5 | 92.50 | 10.68 | 0.51 | 0.76 | 9.65E-05 | <0.01 | †|