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Fig. 3 | Radiation Oncology

Fig. 3

From: Prostate external beam radiotherapy combined with high-dose-rate brachytherapy: dose-volume parameters from deformably-registered plans correlate with late gastrointestinal complications

Fig. 3

Odds ratios from univariate ordinal regression of distribution-adding VX and peak late toxicity. The toxicities are rectal bleeding (a), stool frequency (b), diarrhoea (c), anorectal pain (d) and urgency/tenesmus (e). The peak late toxicities for rectal bleeding and stool frequency were dichotomised at grade 2 whereas diarrhoea, anorectal pain and urgency/tenesmus were dichotomised at grade 1. A red dot is used to indicate the doses at which odds ratios are significantly different from a value of one (95 % confidence intervals do not include one). Abbreviations: VX, percentage of the rectal volume receiving at least X Gy after applying an α/β = 3 Gy; EQD2 Gy, equivalent dose in 2-Gy fractions using α/β = 3 Gy; 95 % CI, 95 % confidence interval

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Radiation Oncology

ISSN: 1748-717X

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