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Table 2 Volumes of Duo2 receiving irradiation dose at each 5 Gy interval with the two delineation methods

From: Reduction of dose to duodenum with a refined delineation method of Para-aortic region in patients with locally advanced cervical Cancer receiving prophylactic extended-field radiotherapy

 

Old delineation method

(Mean ± Std %)

New delineation method

(Mean ± Std %)

P

V5

100%

99.70 ± 1.04%

0.211

V10

95.77 ± 9.11%

94.47 ± 11.48%

0.695

V15

92.58 ± 13.60%

88.55 ± 17.02%

0.413

V20

89.56 ± 16.40%

81.53 ± 22.08%

0.200

V25

86.17 ± 19.19%

71.37 ± 29.11%

0.065

V30

80.54 ± 23.51%

55.76 ± 32.76%

0.009

V35

70.91 ± 27.91%

34.72 ± 26.06%

< 0.001

V40

55.46 ± 29.79%

18.69 ± 17.94%

< 0.001

V45

41.49 ± 24.06%

8.20 ± 10.77%

< 0.001

V50

21.60 ± 16.83%

1.86 ± 3.13%

< 0.001

Dmean

39.22 ± 8.31Gy

30.38 ± 7.98Gy

0.001

Dmax

52.91 ± 1.45Gy

49.58 ± 4.14Gy

0.002

D2cc

48.64 ± 4.10Gy

37.90 ± 6.90Gy

< 0.001

  1. Abbreviations: Duo2 the second portion of duodenum, Dmean the mean irradiation dose to Duo2, Dmax the maximal irradiation dose to Duo2
  2. P < 0.05 values are statistically significant