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Table 3 Volumes of Duo3 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%

100%

V10

100%

100%

V15

100%

100%

V20

100%

100%

V25

99.98 ± 0.09%

99.70 ± 0.80%

0.122

V30

99.25 ± 1.63%

96.82 ± 4.23%

0.021

V35

97.21 ± 3.93%

89.65 ± 8.58%

0.001

V40

93.18 ± 6.53%

79.50 ± 11.99%

< 0.001

V45

82.93 ± 15.64%

65.63 ± 14.25%

< 0.001

V50

65.60 ± 11.40%

43.39 ± 14.30%

< 0.001

Dmean

49.24 ± 1.60Gy

46.09 ± 2.55Gy

< 0.001

Dmax

53.96 ± 2.15Gy

53.69 ± 1.10Gy

0.634

D2cc

52.60 ± 0.89

52.38 ± 0.75

0.392

  1. Abbreviations: Duo3 the third portion of duodenum, Dmean the mean irradiation dose to Duo3, Dmax the maximal irradiation dose to Duo3
  2. P < 0.05 values are statistically significant