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Table 4 Ranking

From: Breast conserving treatment for breast cancer: dosimetric comparison of different non-invasive techniques for additional boost delivery

  

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

PTV

V95

7

4

6

5

1

1

1

 

CI

6

7

2

3

1

5

4

 

Vol50/Vol95

3

1

7

5

2

3

6

 

Vol20/Vol95

5

1

3

5

2

5

4

 

Build-up

4

5

6

7

3

2

1

Heart

D2

7

1

4

6

3

2

4

 

V5

7

1

5

6

1

1

1

Ipsilat lung

V5

5

2

4

7

1

6

2

 

V8

6

3

4

7

1

5

2

Contralat breast

D2

1

3

2

7

6

4

5

TOTAL SCORE

51

28

43

58

21

34

30

MEDIAN RANKING

5.5

2.5

4

6

1.5

3.5

3

  1. Ranking of the different techniques according to the dose comparison, techniques: (1) electrons, (2) 2 tangential fields, (3) 3 static fields, (4) arc, (5) Vero, (6) TomoTherapy, (7) TomoDirect; scoring from 1 to 7, with 1 being the best score; the build-up was evaluated in the 9 patients with PTV reaching the skin.