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Table 1 Dose-volume constraints for the PTV and OAR

From: Radiation dose escalation based on FDG-PET driven dose painting by numbers in oropharyngeal squamous cell carcinoma: a dosimetric comparison between TomoTherapy-HA and RapidArc

Target/Organ at risk

Median absorbed dose (D50%) (Gy)

Mean absorbed dose (Gy)

Dnear-min (D98%) (Gy)

D95%

Dnear-max (D2%) (Gy)

PTV56

56

-

≥90% of prescribed dose

≥95% of prescribed dose

-

PTV70

70

-

≥90% of prescribed dose

≥95% of prescribed dose

-

PRV spinal cord

-

 

-

-

≤50

PRV brainstem

-

 

-

-

≤50

Contralateral parotid gland

-

≤26

-

-

-

Ipsilateral parotid gland

-

≤30

-

-

-

Oral cavity

-

≤30

-

-

-

Larynx

-

≤40

-

-

-

Lower PCM

-

≤50

-

-

-

Cricopharyngeal muscle

-

≤50

-

-

-

Cervical esophagus

-

≤35

-

-

-

Mandible

-

-

-

-

D5% ≤ 70

  1. PCM pharyngeal constrictor muscle