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Table 2 Summary of mean values for categories with and without rib fracture

From: Radiation-induced rib fracture after stereotactic body radiotherapy with a total dose of 54–56 Gy given in 9–7 fractions for patients with peripheral lung tumor: impact of maximum dose and fraction size

Categories

With fracture, n = 23

Without fracture, n = 52

p value

Mean value (range)

Mean value (range)

V10 (cc)

10.8 (4.4–18.6)

11.8 (3.0–28.7)

0.413

V20 (cc)

7.3 (3.4–11.6)

8.5 (1.7 - 18.2)

0.130

V30 (cc)

5.5 (2.7–9.1)

6.3 (1.1 - 15.1)

0.200

V40 (cc)

4.2 (1.9–7.9)

4.6 (0.6 - 11.7)

0.442

V50 (cc)

2.5 (0.3–6.7)

2.2 (0.0 - 8.0)

0.493

V53 (cc)

1.7 (0.01–6.0)

1.1 (0–5.0)

0.092

V54 (cc)

1.4 (0–5.6)

0.7 (0–4.5)

0.099

V55 (cc)

1.0 (0–4.8)

0.4 (0–3.6)

0.093

D2cc (Gy)

49.7 (38.6–56.8)

47.8 (16.7–56.4)

0.276

Dmax (Gy)

55.7 (53.4–58.4)

54.7 (50.1–58.8)

0.012

Dmean (Gy)

18.4 (12.6–33.7)

17.8 (11.1–29.2)

0.598

PTV (cc)

53.7 (14.8–133.7)

50.5 (13.8–133.7)

0.672

  1. Abbreviations: Dmax = maximum dose of ribs; Dmean = mean dose of ribs; PTV = planning target volume.