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Table 2 Parameters for calculating TCP/NTCP

From: Comparison of gamma index based on dosimetric error and clinically relevant dose–volume index based on three-dimensional dose prediction in breast intensity-modulated radiation therapy

Structure

Endpoint

Tissue-specific parameter

TCD50/D50 (Gy)

γ50

s

Ref.

PTV

Local control

−7.2

30.89

1.3

 

[37, 38]

Lung

Pneumonitis

1

26.16

0.973

0.012

[28]

Heart

Late cardiac mortality

3

52.3

1.28

1

[39]

  1. TCD50: dose required for 50% probability of tumor control, D50: dose required for 50% probability of normal tissue complication, γ50: slope of normalized tumor dose-response curve at TCD50, γ: slope of maxixum normalized normal tissue dose-response curve, s: relative seriality parameter