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Table 4 Treatment efficiency multi-comparison analysis for all studied techniques (mean ± SD). Mean values with ǂ symbol demonstrate that the corresponding technique did not pass the normality test. Friedman test of significance (p < 0.05) was used in these cases; otherwise, repeated measures ANOVA significance test was used

From: Comparison of breast simultaneous integrated boost (SIB) radiotherapy techniques

N = 12

T-2F

T-NC

T-VMAT

f-VMAT

MU

425 ± 72ǂ b

411 ± 73ǂ b

442 ± 58b

1016 ± 152a

Estimated Treatment Time (min)

3.3 ± 0.7ab

3.3 ± 0.6ǂ b

2.8 ± 0.5ǂ ab

2.9 ± 1.5ǂ a

  1. a,b,c Values having the same superscript in the same horizontal line are not significantly different