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Table 1 Patient characteristics

From: Regression models for predicting physical and EQD2 plan parameters of two methods of hybrid planning for stage III NSCLC

Factors

  

Sex

Male

18

 

Female

2

Age (years)

Median (range)

62 (46–71)

Location (lobe)

Right upper

10

 

Right middle

1

 

Right lower

5

 

Left upper

3

 

Left lower

1

Clinical stage

IIIA

8

 

IIIB

12

Radiotherapy sequence

CFRT before SBRT boost

3

 

CFRT after SBRT boost

17

PTVPT volume (cc)

Median (range)

30.7 (10.9–100.1)

PTVLN volume (cc)

Median (range)

199.5 (24.8–452.3)

Min distance(PT to LN) (cm)

Median (range)

4.0 (1.2–7.1)

Overlapping slices thickness(PT and LN) (cm)

Median (range)

1.9 (-4.5–6.1)

Volume ratio(LN to total lung)

Median (range)

0.07 (0.01–0.14)

Volume ratio(LN to ipsilateral lung)

Median (range)

0.12 (0.02–0.30)

Min distance(PT to ESO) (cm)

Median (range)

5.83 (0.89–10.47)

Volume ratio of overlapping structure(ESO and LN) to ESO

Median (range)

0.32 (0.00–0.87)

Min distance(PT to heart) (cm)

Median (range)

4.27 (1.11–7.58)

Volume ratio of overlapping structure(heart and LN) to heart

Median (range)

0.02 (0.00–0.05)

Volume ratio of overlapping structure(heart and LN) to PTVLN

Median (range)

0.07 (0.01–0.24)

  1. To make the presentation more concise, PT represented PTVPT, LN represented PTVLN, ESO represented esophagus, CFRT represented conventional fraction radiotherapy, and SBRT represented stereotactic body radiotherapy. The explanation of each anatomical geometric parameter could be referred to Fig. 1